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End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens access to telehealth

by Sarah Jane Tribble
Apr 2, 2024
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households’ internet access runs out of money soon.
Nonprofit groups like Link Health worked to sign up patients and community members for discounted internet service through a national program that's set to run out of funds this spring.
Courtesy Link Health
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At this rural hospital, staffing shortages and telehealth visits have become standard

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
May 10, 2023
The pandemic changed tech and personnel matters, says surgeon Eric Henderson. But the empathy required and the lovely setting remain the same.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, where Dr. Eric Henderson works. "The greatest things about living where we live are also the things which make practicing medicine here the most difficult," he says.
Courtesy Dr. Eric Henderson
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Remote mental health treatment boomed during the pandemic. It's still going strong.

by Mitchell Hartman
May 9, 2023
Thanks to pandemic-era changes, many insurers and providers now support expanded telemental health services.
While a lot of medical care that went remote during the pandemic has returned to in-person services, more than a third of mental health care is still delivered via video, phone and apps.
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Copays no longer waived for some telehealth visits

by Kristin Schwab
Oct 1, 2020
The cost may push people in need of exams back to the doctor's office detering others from seeking medical help, health experts say.
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Will telehealth continue after the pandemic passes?

by Madelyn Beck
Jul 30, 2020
Medical appointments via phone and video have boomed for everything from physical therapy to counseling, even in rural states.
A patient attends a teleconsultation on suspicion of COVID-19 at a special medical unit in Paris in May.
Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images
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Businesses adapt to the pandemic by moving online

by Alli Fam
Apr 23, 2020
We hear from a pair of children's entertainers and a doctor.
Susan Estes and Steve Brown, a clown duo from NYC.
Courtesy Susan Estes
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Will insurance companies cover mental health services' switch to telehealth?

by Alisa Roth
Apr 10, 2020
Therapists and psychiatrists are just starting to submit their March bills.
Telehealth is becoming more popular because of stay-at-home orders.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Exclusivity in the changing medical landscape

by Eliza Mills
May 21, 2015
In the time of the ACA, telehealth and concierge doctors, is medicine becoming more exclusive or more accessible?
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