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The Association of Social Work Boards recently published a detailed report on the regulation of telehealth practice by social workers in the United States and Canada.

With around 97% of all primary care physicians forced to leverage telehealth at the start of April 2020, and the telehealth sector growing 91.

Health Recovery Solutions interviewed two Hospital at Home program leaders at Michigan Medicine and Allina Health who provided helpful insights into their Hospital at Home programs and shared their lessons for success.

The US map below lays out the different licensure compacts within each state.

It’s no surprise that technology for virtual care like telehealth and remote patient monitoring took off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With a shortage of doctors, patients lack access to proper healthcare.

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Telehealth use, which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided a way for patients to continue to receive care while remaining safe in their homes.

The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) Compact Description The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) is an interstate agreement designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries.

Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Compact Description Mutual recognition model compacts allow a practitioner to practice in the compact member states either using a multistate license or by obtaining a “compact privilege”.

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Compact Description The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is an agreement among participating U.

Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice Compact Description The interstate EMS Compact facilitates the day to day movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority, and authorizes state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel licensed in any other member state.

Audiology/Speech Language Pathology Interstate Compact Compact Description A license issued to an audiologist or speech-language pathologist by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing an audiologist or speech-language pathologist to practice audiology or speech-language pathology, under a privilege to practice, in each member state.

The Nurse Licensure Compact Compact Description The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is an interstate compact among participating states that enables nurses to practice in-person or providing telenursing services to patients located across the country without having to obtain additional licensing through mutual recognition.

  Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Compact Description The Physical Therapy Compact is an interstate agreement between member states to provide a state-developed collaborative structure to protect the public by increasing consumer access to physical therapy services by reducing regulatory barriers to interstate mobility and cross-state practice.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Compact Description The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact (APRN Compact) increases access to care, protects patient safety and reduces costs while supporting state of-the-art health care delivery.

92% of hospitals and health systems had telehealth programs in place or near-term implementation plans at the start of 2020.

Learn the top takeaways from a survey and series of selected follow-up interviews with 80 healthcare executives about the pandemic’s effect on IT.

COVID-19 has lit a fuse under the deployment of digital practices across all business sectors, with adoption rates now approaching levels projected five years from now.

Now more than ever, we need to deliver care differently, and radical innovation can help us.