#139: Lauren Faison-Clark: Uncomplicating Telemedicine

<p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks to Lauren Faison-Clark, System Line Administrator for Regional Development, Population Health and Telemedicine at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Lauren talks about the value of telemedicine and its rise due to the pandemic and how patients and practitioners alike can benefit from this hybrid form of healthcare.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Telemedicine is a hybrid model of healthcare which includes services like reimbursements and innovating doctor-patient interaction while providing quality healthcare. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lauren shares her experiences and involvement with telemedicine.  </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">She discusses the evolution of both hardware and software, starting from a pilot launch up to the present, and the struggles they encountered at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Following the new normal of COVID, Lauren talks about the positive and negative reception of telemedicine among health practitioners, including their concerns with face-to-face patient interaction.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Telemedicine has encountered many external factors, including state laws. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lauren shares the ups and downs, as well her struggles with reimbursement.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is State Parity Law and CMS? What would these restrictions in different states mean for telemedicine?</span></li>