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Why the U.S. needs a national definition of telehealth
Healthcare is at a critical juncture. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many millions of newly eligible Americans will seek access to an already heavily burdened health care system. Primary care shortages, specialty care diversification, an overall thinning pool of health professionals as well as rural access challenges will continue to rise. It is crucial, now more than ever, for the nation to leverage innovative technologies to address these growing gaps in care.
Telehealth — real-time video encounters between patients and providers — presents the opportunity to reverse the longstanding paradigm of placing the burden on patients to seek care where it’s physically available by bringing healthcare directly to them — akin to the old-fashioned “house call.” These technologies move appropriate care to lower cost settings, reducing unnecessary ER utilization, hospitalizations and even general overhead, and support preventative care efforts for chronic care patients.
Will the U.S. Ever Be Entirely Paperless?
Despite the popularity of mobile devices and electronic innovation, 56 percent of Americans believe the United States would never become entirely paperless, according to a new survey.
In a national scientific telephone survey conducted on Dec. 6, by Poll Position, a non-partisan news, polling and social media company, only 20 percent of respondents believed the United States would get to an all-paperless status, while 24 percent were undecided or had no opinion.
With 73 Million Americans Now in Managed Care, Telemedicine is Set To Boom
The American Telemedicine Association projects an exponential growth in the adoption of telemedicine and mHealth technologies as a record number of consumers are entering fee-capped managed care insurance plans. Managed Care, which pays a flat fee to treat health conditions, creates a powerful incentive for providers to leverage the power of remote healthcare technologies to maintain or improve quality and lower costs.
Today almost one quarter of all Americans, 73 million patients, are covered under a managed care health insurance program. This is up from 58 million patients in 2005, a 26 percent increase in just 6 years.
Zugriff auf Fingerabdrücke und DNA: USA und Österreich kurz vor Einigung
Verhandlungen zwischen der Republik Österreich und den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika über ein Abkommen zum Austausch von Fingerabdruck- und DNA-Daten stehen kurz vor dem Abschluss. Wie der Sprecher des österreichischen Außenministeriums, Gesandter Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, gegenüber heise online ausführte, ist nach aktuellem Stand ein mehrstufiges Verfahren geplant, das Strafverfolgern keinen direkten Zugriff auf Personendaten des jeweils anderen Landes gestattet. Die in Medienberichten kolportierte Drohung der USA mit dem Ausschluss österreichischer Staatsbürger aus dem Visa Waiver Program steht demnach nicht unmittelbar im Raum, wohl aber im Hintergrund.