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Virtual nursing model yields quality improvements, patient engagement

The virtual nursing program instituted at MercyOne Des Moines (Iowa) during the COVID-19 pandemic yielded unexpected outcomes, including decreases in falls

Telehealth linked to increases in nurse workload

A University of Missouri study of nursing care for patients with hypertension and Type 2 diabetes found telehealth significantly impacted nurses’ workloads.

How Hillsdale Hospital Pivoted Quickly in the COVID-19 Pandemic to Offer Telehealth Services

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Learn how one hospital expanded and promoted telehealth services after the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting patients' willingness to visit the hospital for care.
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AHA Letter of Support for House CONNECT Health Act of 2023 (H.R. 4189)

The AHA voices support of the CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 (S. 2016/H.R. 4189).
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AHA Letter of Support for Senate CONNECT Health Act of 2023 (S. 2016)

The AHA voices support of the CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 (S. 2016/H.R. 4189).

CMS extends COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities for outpatient therapies

Hospitals may keep billing through Dec. 31 for some Medicare patient therapies provided in the home, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Congress urged to make certain Medicare telehealth access permanent 

Telehealth Access for America, an AHA-supported campaign to protect patient access to critical telehealth services, urged Congress to make permanent certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 public health emergency and extended through 2024 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

DEA to extend COVID-19 telehealth prescribing flexibilities

After reviewing a record 38,000 comments on proposed rules limiting telehealth prescriptions for buprenorphine and other controlled substances after the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services “have decided to extend the current flexibilities while we work to find a way forward to give Americans that access with appropriate safeguards,” the DEA announced May 3.

HIPAA enforcement discretion to end with COVID-19 public health emergency

HIPAA enforcement discretion implemented for the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire with the end of the PHE on May 11, but covered health care providers will have until Aug. 9 to comply with the HIPAA rules with respect to telehealth, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced today.