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Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare?

Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptions and medical certificates, for a fee.

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Vaginas in Times Square: birth control has been rebranded, but are women the ones benefiting?

A host of slickly marketed women’s health companies are changing the way life-altering medication is accessed – and commodifying it at the same time

The Guardian - US

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

A new report finds that women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

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Hiring a Reliable Telehealth App Development Company

Many modern medical institutions want to go digital to offer more convenience to both employees and patients. If you remember the crowd of people waiting in line at the reception, near the doctor's office, in the laboratory, and so on, then you will ...

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Dial 'T' for Terrible Telehealth Laws

How restrictions on telemedicine are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and obeying their ethical obligations.

Reason

How to make smart Medicare Open Enrollment choices for 2025

“It's going to be challenging,” says expert Philip Moeller, who urges people to take their time.

Fortune

Many Gen Xers demand menopause hormone drugs, and they won't take no for an answer

Women who want hormone therapy often encounter doctors who don’t want to prescribe it.

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Digital health research can be positive for Indigenous people. But our study found it needs to follow these principles

Digital technologies are transforming health care for all Australians, and this includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Electronic health interventions (eHealth) can involve features such as telehealth, instant messaging and mobile apps that support health care.

The Conversation

What is the abortion drug Donald Trump has been talking about? How is it used in Australia?

Donald Trump suggested he was open to revoking access to the abortion pill if he won the presidential race, after being asked by a reporter last Thursday if he would “revoke access” to the drug. The following day, Trump’s campaign office said he didn’t hear the question properly.

The Conversation

Telehealth helps drive rise in US abortions despite proliferation of bans

Remote consultations allow access for patients in states with severe curbs as January sees over 100,000 abortions

The Guardian - US

A tool not a panacea: telehealth is overhyped as a solution to New Zealand’s rural health-care crisis

Telehealth has been touted as one solution to New Zealand’s ongoing health-care crisis, which is particularly stark in rural regions.

The Conversation

Harris’ Senate portfolio included maternal health, telehealth - Roll Call

Harris was a co-sponsor of a 2020 bill aimed at improving maternal health and shrinking maternal mortality rates.

Roll Call

TDOC Stock Forecast 2025: Can Teladoc Recover from Its Record Lows?

Teladoc Health stock fell to record lows on Wednesday. Can the telehealth stock recover from its slump?

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Is This Cathie Wood Stock an Undervalued AI Play?

Teladoc is a beaten-down telehealth stock that trades at a steep discount to consensus analyst estimates in Q1 of 2024.

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New health service helps bereaved mums like Cassidy

A new psychological telehealth service will help rural, Indigenous and young mums and their families recover from stillbirth and miscarriage.

Reason

Feds Arrest Telehealth Execs for Overprescribing Adderall

But will the government ever face repercussions for its role in the Adderall shortage?

The Independent UK

Executives of telehealth company accused of fraud that gave easy access to addictive Adderall drug

Top executives at a California telemedicine company were arrested for allegedly distributing Adderall online and conspiring to commit health care fraud through reimbursements for the medication

Salon

SCOTUS rejects abortion drug challenge

The court ruled unanimously against Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, preserving access to mifepristone

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More telehealth, ED boost to ease hospital pressure

A $480 million boost to ease hospital pressure in NSW includes more free telehealth appointments and expanding emergency department short stay units.

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VetChat Is A New Telehealth Service For Your Furry Little Friends That’ll Save You Time & Money

Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me.

Fortune

Ozempic and Wegovy are so hard to find that a startup invented a free tool for tracking whether the weight-loss drugs are in stock

The tool, from telehealth company Ro, lets users report when they find the drug in stock and when there’s a shortage.

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Enhancing Patient Care Through Telehealth: A New Era in Healthcare Communication

The general field of healthcare has changed quite a lot in the past few years as the world is so used to telehealth in terms of health care.

Reason

New Survey Finds Abortions Increased Slightly in 2023, Despite Widespread Bans

The same survey found that thousands of women are still getting telemedicine abortions, even if they live in states where the procedure is illegal.

Salon

Abortion numbers rose nationwide: report

A new report from the Society of Family Planning underscores the importance of telehealth for abortion access

Axios

Abortion provider protections prove crucial in a post-Roe world

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortions in the U.S. remained consistently elevated.

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