Telehealth

The DEA's two days of curated listening sessions showcased ideas for how a special registration eliminating in-person evaluation requirements for medically necessary controlled substances might work, but the agency indicated a need for more specifics.

Postmenopausal patients can get a prescription for ASCEND Therapeutics' EstroGel by scheduling an appointment with a LifeMD provider through the pharma brand's website.

The American Telemedicine Association says the new measures, calculators and other tools will help communities address the economic burden of inaction on health disparities and improve health through better access to virtual care.

A Regenstrief Institute researcher and VA neurologist unpacks the results of a recent study that researched the outcomes of adding telemedicine to the care plans for veterans with neurologic disease.

Electronic-reported outcomes appearing in clinicians' EHR workflow can help inform the ways providers deliver care and achieve better outcomes, says one oncology software exec.

In a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, they say Congress created a special registration under the SUPPORT Act "not as an option for DEA to utilize, but a requirement."

Also, Philips APAC has a new managing director.

The CEO of SteadyMD, one of the companies powering Amazon's virtual care efforts, discusses the potential for direct-to-consumer services, and describes what provider IT leaders should be thinking about as patients get accustomed to telemedicine.

The HIMSS23 Asia-Pacific Health Conference on 18-21 September in Jakarta, Indonesia, will shine a spotlight on personalised models of care, big data and emerging technologies.

Virtuoso is a digital front door technology that can integrate health system data into a unified healthcare platform, the vendor says, and is designed to expand patient and family access to medical services.