EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 10/9/25
The US federal government shutdown continues, and with it, the loss of payment for telehealth visits for Medicare beneficiaries.
I reached out to a few of my CMIO friends to understand how their systems…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 10/6/25
Last week was a busy one. My already packed schedule was hit with meeting requests related to the US government shutdown.
There were discussions whether our organization should continue delivering telehealth services to Medicare…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 10/2/25
Family members who I talk to about AI are usually surprised to learn that it’s being used in healthcare. They assume that regulations for its use must be in place. I explain the threshold…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/29/25
We are approaching yet another threatened US government shutdown. In the virtual physician lounge this weekend, the hot topic was the telehealth mess that a shutdown would create.
Congress has not agreed on temporary…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 9/25/25
Autumn has arrived in the US, and with it the corporate compliance season. Nearly all the companies I’ve worked for do their mandatory training programs in September, October, and November, so I’m getting hit…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/22/25
I am always up for a good read. I tend to read more fiction than anything else, but a couple of non-fiction offerings caught my eye recently.
“Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 9/18/25
This week marks the fifth annual Telehealth Awareness Week with the American Telemedicine Association hosting numerous online events. Many of the clinicians I know didn’t have any awareness of telemedicine prior to the COVID…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/15/25
I recently got together with some of my longest-standing healthcare IT colleagues. We were reminiscing about “the good old days” when health systems implemented EHRs because it was the right thing for patients.
Our…
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 9/11/25
Most of us have seen images created by AI, whether we realize it or not. Sometimes they’re easy to spot, such as when people don’t have the correct numbers of digits or have atypical…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 9/8/25
Several readers have reached out about my recent piece that mentioned cell phone bans in schools. One reader shared an article that cites outcomes data from high school that had a previous ban in…
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