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Big Data Helps Drive the Future of Virtual Healthcare

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology is shaping the future of healthcare. Global healthcare companies are projected to spend over $105 billion on big data by 2030. One of the biggest benefits of big data in healthcare has been in the field of virtual healthcare. Demand for virtual healthcare services exploded during the pandemic.

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‘Breaking Down Interstate Barriers to Telehealth Delivery’ Tops ATA’s Priorities for 2023

The Health Care Blog

by JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH. Kyle Zebley, SVP of Public Policy at the ATA and Executive Director of ATA Action (the ATA’s affiliate advocacy organization) gives us the skinny on where policies currently stand at the federal and state level and, more importantly, what’s in jeopardy of changing soon. Learn more at www.wheel.com.

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Telehealth and Medical Education

Exploring Health

Teaching Medical Students to Use Telehealth Can Reduce Rural Health Inequities Telehealth use has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe my earlier virtual consultations could have connected me with specialists or directed me to the right resources before my symptoms worsened.

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Telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries gets another reprieve 

Association of Health Care Journalists

Whats in the legislation now Historically, because of a law dating back to 1997, Medicare beneficiaries could only access telehealth and virtual care services if they met two criteria, Zebley said: They had to be in a rural area and had to receive those services inside a Medicare providers office.