Bill aims to reduce hospital re-admissions through telehealth technology
March 19, 2013 at 3:11 am in Alexandria Echo Press
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD) re-introduced legislation yesterday to expand the use of telehealth technology under Medicare to reduce hospital re-admissions in rural and underserved communities across the nation. Continue Reading
I think this a great effort to be appliauded – however restricting the use of this technology to rural and underserved populations deprives the industry of the economies of scale needed to drive the ease-of-use and compatability functionality needed for broader adoption. Ask yourself this: Would you restrict big pharma this way?
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