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Telehealth Sees Skyrocketing Demand Amid Regulatory Expansion, Hopes To Last Beyond COVID-19 Crisis

 
• By Marion Webb

US telehealth companies are seeing skyrocketing demand for devices and services, which offers opportunities and challenges during this COVID-19 crisis.

virtual live chat with the patient with digital tablet and a doctor via internet. In-home care for a young male patient in telemedicine or telehealth,

TytoCare Ltd. and Eko Health are among the many telehealth companies that are seeing skyrocketing demand for devices that help health care professionals communicate with Medicare beneficiaries, reducing their need to travel to a medical site and risk exposure or the wider spread of COVID-19.

Many in the telehealth industry believe that the major expansion of telemedicine options, announced by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on 17 March, is a major leap forward for the telemedicine industry and

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