Are Zoom, Facetime, and Google Hangouts Secure for Telehealth?
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relaxed telehealth laws and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced leniency on non HIPAA-compliant penalties for the COVID19 emergency, health practitioners scrambled to transition to online telehealth....
COVID-19 Update | Just Announced CMS Expands Telehealth Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced another round of regulatory waivers and rule changes to ensure Americans can receive healthcare through video and phone-based services during the COVID19 emergency. These changes address concerns...
What is the Future of Telehealth? Is it Here to Stay?
If you’re wondering this as you bring more of your practice online, you aren’t alone! To answer these questions, let’s first dive into the three types of telehealth: The first is video conferencing. This uses audio and video to conduct telehealth sessions....
Tips and Tricks to Professional and High Quality Secure Telehealth Sessions
Last week, we introduced the VTConnect Therapeutic Break video series. In this series, Dr. Martha Ireland, CEO of VTConnect and a practicing clinician with more than 10 years of telehealth experience, delves into all different topics for health care...
Want to Become an Expert in Telehealth Delivery?
Join Dr. Martha Ireland, CEO of VTConnect, practicing clinician, and 10+ year telehealth veteran for our new weekly VTConnect Therapeutic Break series. The VTConnect Therapeutic Break videos will each be three to five minutes; short enough not to take up an entire...
Federal State of Emergency to Relax Telehealth Laws
Federal State of Emergency to Relax Telehealth Laws On Friday March 13th, President Donald Trump stated he plans to sign an $8.3 billion emergency funding measure when it reaches his desk to help stem the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. There are...
Virtual Therapy Connect is your Simple, Secure, and Sustainable Telehealth Solution for the COVID-19 crisis and beyond!
In response to the COVID-19 national emergency, President Trump announced a temporary “dramatic expansion of our Medicare telehealth services” allowing Medicare patients “to visit any doctor by phone or video conference at no additional cost.”...
During the Inevitable Coronavirus Pandemic, Leveraging your Telehealth Platform will be Vital!
According to the former CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden, a cornovirus pandemic is inevitable. Drawing from CDC experts that have done extensive planning for an influenza pandemic, he goes on to identify eight things that we must do to prepare as we move from...