#Telehealth

[missveryvery]

Made its own post about this (instead of a reblog with this info)

Something companies like betterhelp and talkspace don't want you to be aware of:

You do not need to use betterhelp or talkspace or other similar companies to get telehealth

(telehealth is a commonly used term for health care provided over video calls). Instead of going through a company like betterhelp to find a therapist, just look for a therapist the way you normally would and see if they're listed as having a "telehealth" option, or if it's mentioned on their website. You can also call them and ask.

There are several companies that are HIPAA compliant that work with healthcare providers like doctors and therapists to provide secure video calls. Some examples are doxy and therapyportal.

These are sites that professionals use to treat their patients. Some are a part of things called EHR-S or "Electronic Health Record Systems", so the healthcare provider can keep billing and records and things organized.

To find a therapist, use therapist directories that do not ask you to take an assessment/ provide any information.

Two examples are:

NetworkTherapy

PsychologyToday

Your insurance will usually also have an "in-network" provider search, too.

Here's Psychology Today's search (I put in New York, New York just for an example):

The little 🎥 camera icon indicates that they provide online services. On the first example you can see it says she's online only. Whereas in the second you can see she provides both in-person and online care.

#therapy #mental health #telehealth #healthcare

[auntie-doom]

Can I please get recommendations for telemedicine POTS specialists? Got a friend newly diagnosed and can't find a POTS doctor, complicated POTS, neeeeds solid assistance.

#pots #chronic illness #recommendations requested #telehealth #telemedicine

[catherine-montvoisin]

PSA

If you use a telehealth service, it is almost certainly selling the information you give it to big tech companies in a way that is personally identifiable.

As in, these services are literally telling Facebook, Google, etc that your first name + last name + email address visited a website to access mental, reproductive, or addiction-related healthcare. They are sharing the questionnaire answers that you provide and what medications you buy.

And it appears to be legal.

#healthcare #privacy #Telehealth #hell planet

[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Fund the Affordable Connectivity Program NOW!

130 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

I’m a concerned constituent writing to urge you to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program or ACP. Digital connectivity is a basic necessity in our modern world and the internet must be treated as a public utility. We use the internet to apply for jobs, perform our jobs, receive telehealth medical treatment, and pay bills, and students use it to complete homework assignments. But for millions of people in rural and urban areas, and Tribal communities, the internet is a luxury they cannot afford. Failure by Congress to fund this program will force millions of households already on tight budgets to choose between being able to stay online or potentially losing access to this essential service. If Congress doesn’t act fast, funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program will run out and more than 22 million Americans -- 1 in 6 households -- will lose this vital service. The implications of this will be devastating. In 2019, 18% of Native people living on Tribal land had no internet access; 33% relied on cell phone service for the internet; and 39% had spotty or no connection to the internet at home on their smart phone. The ACP has enrolled 320,000 households on Tribal lands -- important progress. The largest percentage gains in broadband access are in rural areas. Nearly half of military families are enrolled in ACP, as are one in four African American and Latino households. Losing access and training on using computers and the internet will have devastating impacts on all these communities as technology becomes increasingly integral to work, education, health, and our everyday lives. Without moves to address tech inequality, low-income communities and communities of color are heading towards an “unemployment abyss.” The Affordable Connectivity Program has broad bipartisan support because it is working. As your constituent, I am urging you to push for renewed funding for the ACP before it runs out in the coming weeks.

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[caramelodeverano]

Someone used my number to get health insurance quotes and I’ve gotten 15 calls and 10 text messages since this morning. This shit should be illegal.

#personal #telehealth #health insurance #spam calls

[addamatic]

Chronic Illness Tip:

If you say that another doctors office or hospital department was able to accommodate you, suddenly whoever is putting a roadblock up will become much more amenable to figuring out how to accommodate you.

Sample script:

Me: “I’m not able to drive, can we do this appointment by telehealth?”

Front desk: “No, all new patient visits have to be in person to establish rapport”

Me: “The neurology department was able to accommodate me and said that any of the departments in the hospital should be able to work with me.”

Front desk: “It’s policy that you have to come in the first time.”

Me: “I understand, and I know you don’t set policy. Would you mind asking the doctor directly if he can accommodate me? I really don’t want to have to reschedule again for something that I have already been waiting on for six months”

This has worked for me very well! The front desk doesn’t have the power to say yes, but asking them to ask the doctor and using the magical word “accommodate” and mentioning that another specialist has done it has gotten good results. It does require some persistence, and being able to call (or have someone call) on the telephone. I usually call ten days in advance of my appointment, one week later and then the day or two before. Sometimes I only need to call once. But I always wait until the appointment is fairly close (don’t do this when you book!!!) and give myself enough time to be able to follow up several times.

#accomodations #spoonie #chronic illness #telehealth #chronic pain #eds

[healer-healing-thyself]

I've been following the Adderall shortage and really want to dig into why all of the sudden there is massive shortage in drug availability.

The news articles I read talk about a large increase in ADHD diagnoses from 2020 onwards. I listened to the Wall Street Journal's podcast exposé titled "Uncontrolled Substances" which investigated the psychiatric telehealth subscription service Cerebral and their questionable ethical practices of diagnosing and prescribing ADHD medications, among others. In fact, they are under federal investigation in the United States. The company was using a loophole in the practice of prescribing controlled substances via telehealth platforms during the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Adderall and most other ADHD medications are controlled substances due to the high risk of misuse and addiction because it is a stimulant. Those prescribed with an ADHD medication deserve regular connection with their providers to ensure their treatment is following best practices. Plus, being a controlled substance means that the medications cannot be dispensed in large amounts, requiring more frequent trips to the pharmacy to get it refilled, and increased visits with their prescribers.

Now, those who need this medication to help their everyday functioning are forced to ration or even discontinue the medication. And I wonder how much of the current situation is because of for-profit companies taking advantage of the chaos the pandemic placed on the U.S. healthcare system. I also am left wondering how many people received a diagnosis of ADHD without appropriate screening and diagnostics.

I'm going to keep following this and will make more updates to this as it comes along.

#adhd #adderall shortage #telehealth #cerebral #psychology #psychiatry #mental health #news

[uniteddoctors]

Telemedicine Services:

Telemedicine is the trading of clinical data utilizing electronic sources, which further develops a patient’s well-being status. Telemedicine has various uses and can be utilized for various administrations, which incorporate different strategies for broadcast communications innovation such as emails, video calls, smartphones, and other wireless technologies. Telemedicine is likewise alluded to normally as virtual consideration or “online specialist”. It is the association between doctors or specialists and patients from isolated areas employing digital communication such as video calls or audio calls. Telemedicine services, empower doctors and other medical field experts to assess, analyze, and treat patients utilizing far-off innovation, cutting the difficulty of boundaries and distances.

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#medicalcenter #menshealth #telemedicine #telehealth #healthcare

[liminalweirdo]

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#covid #human rights #clean air #the pandemic isn't over just because you're over it #not wearing a mask is eugenics #accessibility #work from home #telehealth

[littleplasticthings]

Telehealth - Idiot Proof (nO SoUp Du JoUr)

Post-punk / U.S. / 2023

#Telehealth #Content Oscillator #Idiot Proof (nO SoUp Du JoUr) #2023 #Audio

[innonurse]

Babylon Health puts two divisions into administration

- By InnoNurse Staff -

Babylon, the troubled health-tech company, has placed two divisions into administration but has secured a buyer for its clinical services unit.

Read more at UKTN

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Neurowyzr receives an additional $2.1 million to improve brain health technology (Longevity.technology)

#babylon health #uk #telehealth #health tech #medtech #diabetes #biotech #beme #pediatrics #digital health #mental health #fitbit #wearables #europe #qr codes #cybersecurity #privacy #nomi health #covid 19 #miyahealth #ai #singapore #sweden #Collective Minds Radiology #radiology #cloud computing #collaboration #Neurowyzr #brain

[aftermathing]

Does anyone have any online psychiatrists/therapists they would recommend? Slash gen slash srs slash please and slash thank you :))

#I KNOW not betterhelp #I need to be diagnosed YESTERDAY #And I don't even know how to do that!!! So if anyone has any tips or. Even an outline of the process #Looking mainly at PTSD btw which. One should certainly be able to tell if they have or do not have it and baby I have it!!! #Therapy #Psychiatry #Telehealth

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

One week after the federal government made it easier to get abortion pills, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that women in Alabama who use those pills to end pregnancies could be prosecuted.

That’s despite wording in Alabama’s new Human Life Protection Act that criminalizes abortion providers and prevents its use against the people receiving abortions. Instead, the attorney general’s office said Alabama could rely on an older law, one initially designed to protect children from meth lab fumes.

“The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law,” Marshall said in an emailed statement. “It does not provide an across-the-board exemption from all criminal laws, including the chemical-endangerment law—which the Alabama Supreme Court has affirmed and reaffirmed protects unborn children.”

The announcement followed changes last week to regulations of two medications commonly prescribed for abortion. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a change that will allow brick-and-mortar and mail-order pharmacies to dispense mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs used in more than half of abortions in the United States.

Before the change, people using medication for abortions had to pick it up at specialty clinics. Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice issued an opinion that carriers with the U.S. Postal Service could deliver pills in states that banned abortion. The new rules will expand access through telehealth and mail-order pharmacies but could set up clashes with anti-abortion states such as Alabama.

Marshall has said in the past his office could prosecute doctors with U.S. Veterans Affairs who perform abortions for victims of rape or incest. He has also said people who assist in setting up out-of-state abortions could face criminal penalties. This is the first time he has said police and prosecutors could arrest women who have undergone medication abortion.

“Promoting the remote prescription and administration of abortion pills endangers both women and unborn children,” Marshall said in an email. “Elective abortion—including abortion pills—is illegal in Alabama. Nothing about the Justice Department’s guidance changes that. Anyone who remotely prescribes abortion pills in Alabama does so at their own peril: I will vigorously enforce Alabama law to protect unborn life.”

In 2019, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Human Life Protection Act, which banned abortion except in cases where the mother’s health is in danger. That law went into effect when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer.

The law specifically states that women receiving abortions cannot be held criminally liable. However, Marshall said women using pills to induce abortions could be prosecuted under the chemical endangerment law.

Lawmakers passed the chemical endangerment law in 2006 to protect small children from fumes and chemicals from home-based meth labs. District attorneys soon began applying the law to protect the fetuses of women who used various drugs during pregnancy. Justices on the Alabama Supreme Court upheld and affirmed prosecutions of pregnant people in 2013 and 2014.

Since then, the law has been used against more than a thousand Alabama women who used drugs during pregnancy. Its enforcement varies widely. District attorneys in some counties rarely apply the law to pregnant women, while others routinely arrest those who use any illegal substance, including marijuana, while pregnant.

The chemical endangerment law has been used to incarcerate women for years who have had miscarriages or stillbirths after using drugs. Etowah County officials jailed pregnant women for months before trial under bond conditions designed to protect fetuses, despite evidence that incarceration increases the risk of pregnancy loss. After the publication of an investigative series in 2015 by ProPublica and Al.com, lawmakers voted to amend the law so it couldn’t be used against women who had lawful prescriptions from doctors.

Attorneys with Pregnancy Justice, a legal organization that represents pregnant women, have fought efforts to criminalize pregnancy and abortion. Emma Roth, a staff attorney at Pregnancy Justice, said prosecutors have already twisted the chemical endangerment law so it can be used against pregnant women. Using the law to go after those who use medications to induce abortions could be unlawful and would undermine the goals of lawmakers who voted for the Human Life Protection Act, she said.

“The Alabama legislature made clear its opposition to any such prosecution when it explicitly exempted patients from criminal liability under its abortion ban,” Roth said in an email. “Yet Alabama prosecutors and courts have shown a willingness to disregard legislative intent time and again in their crusade to criminalize pregnant women. Pregnancy Justice stands ready to challenge any attempt to expand the chemical endangerment statute to criminalize the use of abortion medication.”

JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama, said women have the right to receive prescriptions from out-of-state doctors.

“The ACLU of Alabama is disappointed to learn that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is continuing to insert himself into a person’s medical exam room,” Gilchrist said. “Medical decisions should remain the private choice between a patient and doctor. The Alabama Attorney General lacks the jurisdiction to prosecute Alabamians from receiving legal and legitimate medical services prescribed outside the state of Alabama.”

#us politics #news #2023 #al.com #Alabama #Steve Marshall #Human Life Protection Act #Alabama Supreme Court #food and drug administration #department of justice #united states postal service #telehealth #mail-order pharmacies #abortions #abortion bans #contraceptive bans #contraception bans #veteran's affairs #Gov. Kay Ivey #chemical endangerment law #ACLU of Alabama #JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist #Pregnancy Justice #Emma Roth #conservatives #republicans #pro choice #abortion is a human right #abortion is better than negligence

[cannabiscardaz]

Unveiling the Therapeutic Benefits of Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana, derived from the cannabis plant, has garnered attention for its potential therapeutic properties. As attitudes and regulations surrounding its use continue to evolve, it's essential to explore the compelling benefits this natural remedy offers. In this blog post, we delve into the various ways medical marijuana can positively impact health and well-being, shedding light on its potential as an alternative treatment option.

Pain Management:

Alleviating Chronic Pain: Discover how medical marijuana can provide relief for individuals suffering from chronic pain conditions, such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, and neuropathy.

Reducing Inflammation: Explore the anti-inflammatory properties of cannabinoids, which may help ease symptoms associated with conditions like multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Mental Health Support:

Anxiety and Depression Relief: Learn how certain compounds in medical marijuana, such as cannabidiol (CBD), may offer a natural approach to managing symptoms of anxiety and depression.

PTSD and Trauma Recovery: Uncover the potential of medical marijuana in helping individuals cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma-related conditions.

Nausea and Appetite Stimulation:

Cancer Treatment Support: Discuss the role of medical marijuana in mitigating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, as well as stimulating appetite for individuals undergoing cancer treatments.

HIV/AIDS Symptom Management: Explore how medical marijuana may alleviate symptoms like nausea, weight loss, and appetite loss in individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

Neurological Disorders:

Epilepsy Management: Learn about the promising effects of medical marijuana, particularly CBD, in reducing seizures in individuals with epilepsy.

Multiple Sclerosis Symptom Relief: Discover how medical marijuana may help manage symptoms like muscle spasticity, pain, and sleep disturbances in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Sleep Disorders:

Insomnia Treatment: Explore the potential of medical marijuana in improving sleep quality and alleviating insomnia symptoms, promoting restful and rejuvenating sleep.

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Support:

Comfort and Symptom Management: Discuss how medical marijuana can provide comfort and relief to individuals in palliative care, easing symptoms like pain, nausea, and anxiety in the final stages of life.

Potential Adjunct Therapy:

Reduced Reliance on Opioids: Highlight the possibility of medical marijuana serving as an adjunct therapy for chronic pain management, potentially reducing the need for opioid medications.

Medication Side Effect Mitigation: Discover how medical marijuana may help alleviate side effects associated with certain medications, improving overall treatment experiences for individuals.

Medical marijuana holds immense potential as a natural treatment option for various health conditions. From pain management and mental health support to alleviating nausea, stimulating appetite, and providing relief for neurological disorders, its benefits are broad and diverse. As research and understanding continue to evolve, medical marijuana has the potential to transform the lives of countless individuals seeking alternative approaches to their well-being. Embrace the therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana and engage in informed discussions with healthcare providers to determine if it's a suitable option for your unique needs.

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[burlveneer-music]

Telehealth - Content Oscillator - if it weren't for some of the of-the-minute lyrics, one might mistake this for one of the quirky new wave albums that sprang up in the late 70s/early 80s along the trail blazed by DEVO

Content Oscillator is the debut album of Telehealth, an angular collection of songs that alleviate the modern challenge of ‘just trying to not suck’ in the greenwashed, neoliberal, trash fire of a world we have built for ourselves. Utilizing a palette of cold arpeggiated synthesizers, sharp drum machines, herky-jerky rhythms, angular guitar work, melodic bass lines, and stupidly catchy melodies dowsed in honest sarcasm… Content Oscillator embraces the absurdity and contradictory nature of the world we live in. All Parts Written and Performed by Alexander Attitude Additional Vocals by Kendra Cox Art & Direction by Alexander Attitude

#Bandcamp #Telehealth #new wave #post-punk #electronic #synthpop #seattle #2023

[f0restpunk]

#asclepius #occult #occult correspondences #correspondence web #medicine #health #telehealth #gods #classical #classical world #greek gods