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In-person Requirements for Remote Prescribing of Controlled Substances: What Next?

Disreputable, online pharmacies have been a thorn in the side of telehealth for a long time. Because both are internet-based transactions, they are often conflated, and some telehealth companies own their own pharmacy, so it is admittedly complicated.   The main fear regarding online prescribing is that unscrupulous prescribers and pharmacies may be able to distribute …

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More Observations on the Need for Evidence to Support Digital Health Adoption

In my last blog, I introduced the concept of evidence gathering and the different pace and varying mindset between innovators and early-stage companies and the scientific community, and some reasons why the rigor of quality evidence is preferred over common sense and real-world observation.  I’ll summarize that here.  Of course, you can read the long …

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Growth of the Evidence Base for Digital Health is Crucial for the Adoption

“If current evidence is only followed by clinicians 60% of the time, why is it so important that we have good evidence for our interventions?”  This was a question posed to me by my friend Bleddyn Rees as we prepared for a talk I was recently invited to give at the Digital Health Society Summit …

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Is The Tide Turning In Favor of Telehealth?

There has been much controversy in the lay press in the last six months or so regarding telehealth as a tool for addressing the behavioral health crisis.  Much of the conversation has centered on whether a video consultation with a behavioral health provider is of sufficient quality to allow decision-making regarding prescribing psychiatric medications.  There’s …

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Planning for the Next Phase of Telehealth: Scenarios

Dealing with COVID-19 has been a true game of whack-a-mole for all healthcare stakeholders.  Here in the U.S., so much of telehealth’s penetration into care delivery is dependent on the state of the public health emergency, during which flexibilities put in place by the Administration have enabled utilization through generous reimbursement.  On March 15, President …

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