If you were practicing medicine in October 2015, you undoubtedly remember the tremendous change associated with the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. All HIPAA-covered entities, including healthcare providers, healthcare clearing houses, electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and other business associates, were required to start using...

In the previous articles in our Future of Telehealth blog series, we talked about how COVID-19 transformed the virtual office, making telehealth much more common in today’s medical practices. We also looked at the numerous advantages offered by telehealth for both patients and healthcare providers....

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CMS), a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is a statewide electronic database that tracks all prescriptions for controlled substances. The goal of PDMPs is to improve the way that opioids and other controlled substances are prescribed,...

In the first article in our Future of Telehealth blog series, we explored how the COVID-19 pandemic put the many different faces of telehealth in the spotlight. Although the technology allowing telehealth has been available for years, COVID-19 produced a sudden and extreme need for...

Although telehealth has been technologically possible for decades, it has only recently come into common usage.1 Telehealth is defined as the delivery of healthcare services over a distance, through the use of some type of technology.2 Patients can access a wide range of medical care...