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Telehealth privacy and security: Investment and education are key, attorney says

The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. Hospitals and practices that had never before deployed virtual-care tools learned quickly how to integrate them. Those that had experience saw massive increases in the number of video visits. But if telehealth… Read More »

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Pandemic Shifts; The Politics, Not So Much

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Donald Trump caused a stir when he said at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last weekend that he wanted less testing for COVID-19. While aides denied that, it didn’t help when on Wednesday the administration announced it would cut off federal funding for a… Read More »

Pharmacy that was state’s largest recipient of opioids to pay $11 million in settlement – The Boston Globe

Advertisement A spokeswoman for the pharmacy said new leadership came in 2017 and significantly changed how the company operated, including eliminating a program the attorney general’s office later targeted in its investigation. “Since 2017, when new leadership took responsibility for many senior roles in the organization, IWP undertook a comprehensive review and update of many… Read More »

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 130 | DispatchHealth, BrightInsight, Cedar, Big Health, Redox & Plume

Health in 2 Point 00 Jun 24, 2020• Sadly conferences have all gone digital, but Jess and I are still here covering deals on Health in 2 Point 00. On Episode 130, DispatchHealth gets $ 136 million, providing in-home health care by sending a tech to your house, BrightInsight gets $ 40 million to help… Read More »