Telehealth News

February 2022 Newsletter

By NCTRC Staff • February 24, 2022

The NCTRC February Newsletter is here! View the 2021 NCTRC Annual Report, register for upcoming regional conferences, and check out the new resources created by the TRCs including: Telehealth Policy Video Learning SeriesCOVID-19 Regional… Read More

3 Key Takeaways from TTAC’s National Telehealth Showcase

By NCTRC Staff • February 15, 2022

This year the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center’s showcase delved into the emerging opportunities in telehealth. The virtual summit featured telemedicine use case scenarios and discussions with industry experts and solution providers. Tryten was proud to be invited… Read More

NCTRC January 2022 Newsletter

By NCTRC Staff • January 26, 2022

NCTRC’s January Newsletter includes upcoming conference information and the following new TRC resources: Office Hour: Policy Changes You Should Know for TelehealthMedicaid and CHIP Telehealth Toolkit Supplement Updates SummaryNew Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance FactsheetsTelehealth… Read More

Telebehavioral Health: Now a Social Work Imperative

By NCTRC Staff • November 13, 2021

At its essence, the social work field is interdependently linked to the social pulse of our communities. As the world faces an unprecedented health crisis, all forms of social work practice have turned to virtual… Read More

How to Help a Family Member or Friend with Their First Telehealth Visit

By Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center • November 12, 2021

Frequently Asked Questions Answered by our Billing Expert

By Heartland Telehealth Resource Center • November 11, 2021

Does providing a psychiatry service via telemedicine automatically qualify for reporting CPT code 90785 Interactive complexity in addition to the code for the primary service? Although covered as a telehealth service under certain payment programs,… Read More

UAMS’ South Central Telehealth Resource Center Secures $975,000 Grant to Expand Digital Health Services

By NCTRC Staff • September 30, 2021

The South Central Telehealth Resource Center, housed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, received a three-year grant for $975,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration… Read More

The National Nursing Shortage: Telehealth is Part of the Solution

By Southwest Telehealth Resource Center • September 17, 2021

For many Americans, their first personal experience of being a hospital patient quickly becomes a crash course in the importance and value of having a skilled and dedicated bedside nurse.  At a higher level, this… Read More

Telehealth, COVID-19, and Social Determinants of Health: Using Technology to Advance Social Care

By California Telehealth Resource Center • September 14, 2021

In our earlier blog posts, we explained the concept of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), and why SDOH are increasingly being addressed through primary care. We also discussed how telehealth has helped address some of the… Read More

Telehealth, COVID-19, and Social Determinants of Health: Learning from the Shift to Virtual Care

By California Telehealth Resource Center • September 14, 2021

Decades of research have shown that healthcare accounts for only 10% to 20% of what defines a person’s health status and that social, behavioral, and genetic factors play a large role in determining overall health. Known… Read More