Health Care
Telemedicine
Introduction Telemedicine is a leading innovation that has proven to expedite the delivery of health care. Telemedicine is the use of technology to deliver health care, health information, or health…
Medical licensure
Health Care
Reducing Health Care Costs by Removing Barriers
The Cato Institute recently released a report on education and credentialing of medical professionals. JLF’s Jordan Roberts examined some of the report’s finding in his research brief this week: One…
Health Care
Check It Out! Jordan Roberts Talks Health Care Policy on WHIG TV
On Monday, May 11, JLF’s Jordan Roberts was a guest on “Check It Out” with John Check. Jordan discussed the coronavirus outbreak, the impact it has had on the economy,…
Health Care
How to Bolster Telemedicine Post-Coronavirus
JLF’s Jordan Roberts recently published a research paper in conjunction with the Brookings Institution. In the paper, Roberts and his coauthors, Dr. Nichol Turner Lee and Dr. Jack Karsten of…
Research Brief
Health Care
Health care deregulation should be permanent
The North Carolina’s response to coronavirus continues as the state remains under a stay-at-home order. No one knows how long the stay-at-home orders will stay in effect or how long…
Health Care
CMS relaxes more regulations to help hospitals fight coronavirus
At both the state and federal level, much of the coronavirus policy response has focused on deregulatory efforts to assist the effort of frontline health care workers. Lawmakers and state…
Research Brief
Health Care
Telemedicine Regulations Do’s and Don’ts
Telemedicine and telehealth are two terms that are gaining notoriety in the health care field. The two terms are often used interchangeably. Depending on the context, however, they may refer…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on government rules that block foreign-born doctors from helping to address North Carolina’s physician gaps. The Daily Journal explains one potential rule change…
Health Care
Giving North Carolinian’s more healthcare choices: Part 4
Welcome to the fourth, and final, installment of my “healthcare freedom” blog series I have done this week. The inspiration came from a federal report that recommended reforms that states…
Health Care
Telemedicine Laws: What Not To Do
A growing body of academic literature suggests that medical providers can deliver telemedicine to patients by mobile phones, television screens, or computer monitors that is comparable to in-person consultations. As telemedicine…
Health Care
As Senate GOP Fumbles Health Reform, Telemedicine Delivers Better Access To Health Care
While the Congressional GOP has good intentions to restore more health freedom at the state level, they have so far failed to reach a consensus. Meanwhile, market forces and the states…