The SPEAK Act will make telemedicine work for everyone

The SPEAK Act will make telemedicine work for everyone

In the last five years, a pandemic and a rise in demand for telemedicine have proven how life-changing virtual care can be for patients across the country. While technology is a marvel, five years later, millions struggle to access these services. Language barriers act as a prevalent obstacle to receiving the quality care many people need and deserve.  In 2025, that’s far from acceptable, but Congress has the opportunity to correct this oversigh…

Considerations When Using Telemedicine As the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Accessibility to health care is crucial to management of chronic and acute conditions. Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pa…

Experts Spotlight Lasting Innovations From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Experts agree that telemedicine continues to majorly impact health care post pandemic.

Dauphine lighting: Teleconsultation: what impact on the relationship between patients and professionals? laetitia.merciris Fri 04/04/2025 - 13:24 Contents Management in 2025 (5/6) | While teleconsultation is essential as a response to inequalities in access to care, it is profoundly redefining the career-patient relationship. Between increased efficiency and loss of proximity, can it still embody care, that caring attention at the heart of the …

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Permanently Expand Medicare Telehealth Access

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2025 – A bipartisan group of more than 60 senators reintroduced a bill Thursday to make permanent Covid-era rules that loosen restrictions on Medicare coverage for telehealth services. The flexibilities were most recently extended last month as part of the stopgap measure keeping the government funded. They’re now set to expire on Sept. 30 absent more Congressional action.“We live in a digital world, and our health services …

Impact of Language Preference and Comorbidities on Telemedicine in Primary Care

Investigating how comorbidity and language preference interact to influence telemedicine use can guide the development of targeted interventions to enhance access for non-English language preference patients. This study aims to address how the relationship between comorbidity status and teleme...