Telehealth amid COVID-19: What Health Care Providers Should Know
A primer to help medical professionals understand telehealth in this moment and choose technologies to support quality patient care.
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RecordingDescription Each year in low- and middle-income countries thousands of people are detained in hospitals for non-payment of medical bills, despite the fact that such detention is a violation of national and international law. Hospital detention for nonpayment of bills disproportionately affects the most vulnerable people, including post-partum women. In the US, medical debt manifests…
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By Adriana Krasniansky Consumer tech has reduced daily friction for countless individuals, making it easier to control households, shop for groceries, and connect with loved ones. These technologies can be especially empowering for persons with disabilities, increasing accessibility and resolving frustrations of everyday activities. You may have seen related news in press releases and popular…
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By: Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. Part II of this book review offers an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main…
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Read more: Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I) Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I)
By Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. This book review will offer an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main subject of…
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Read more: Matthew Cortland on “The Week in Health Law” Podcast Matthew Cortland on “The Week in Health Law” Podcast
By Nicolas Terry This week’s guest is Matthew Cortland, a patient and health care rights advocate from Massachusetts. He received his graduate training in public health from Boston University and earned a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He is disabled and chronically ill, a superbly effective lawyer, writer, and speaker as well…
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Read more: Diving Deeper into Amazon Alexa’s HIPAA Compliance Diving Deeper into Amazon Alexa’s HIPAA Compliance
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By Robert Field Should Medicare-for-All replace private insurance? That question, although central to many current health reform debates, presents a fundamental contradiction. If Medicare-for-All were to eliminate private coverage, it wouldn’t be Medicare, which has made room for private insurers from the start. Medicare could have been designed as a pure single payer with comprehensive…
