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title: "Congress Should Not Phone It In On Telehealth"
summary: |-
  The 21st Century Cures Act should go further to support one medical innovation: telehealth.
date: "2015-06-10"
issues: ["Health IT"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro", "Alan McQuinn"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2015/06/10/congress-should-not-phone-it-telehealth/"
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# Congress Should Not Phone It In On Telehealth

The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently advanced the 21st Century Cures Act, a bipartisan effort to bring together the best ideas on how to improve the discovery, development, and delivery of cures in the U.S. health care system. While the bill has many encouraging ideas, there is one area where the proposal could go further to support medical innovation: telehealth.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2015/06/10/congress-should-not-phone-it-telehealth/*