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Avera Health Sells Off its eCare Telehealth Business

by Eric Wicklund

Avera Health is selling its telehealth business line, sending one of the nation’s largest and most innovative connected health programs into the private sector. The South Dakota-based health...

mHealth Data Collaborative Sets its Sights on Diversity and Equity

by Eric Wicklund

A digital health collaborative launched in May has set its sights on developing best practices to address the social determinants of health. The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community...

New Letter Urges Congress to Establish a Post-Pandemic Telehealth Policy

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth advocates have launched another effort to prompt Congress to establish a post-pandemic connected health policy. The eHealth Initiative is leading a new letter-writing effort to permanently...

Congress Eyes Seniors’ Access to mHealth Tools for Diabetes Care Management

by Eric Wicklund

A pair of Senators has re-introduced proposed legislation aimed at give seniors better access to mHealth and telehealth tools for diabetes care management. The Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to...

Kaiser Permanente Study Measures the Impact of Telehealth on the Environment

by Eric Wicklund

New research from a trio of healthcare’s heavy hitters indicates telehealth is also good for the environment. In what’s being billed as the first large-scale study in the US, researchers...

Digital Duds: The mHealth Wearable Market Looks to Sensor-Embedded Clothing

by Eric Wicklund

The mHealth wearables industry has long been focused on activity bands and watches, even jewelry and smartglasses. Often overlooked is the concept of sensor-embedded clothing, but that form factor is...

Mayo Clinic Launches New Platform for Analyzing Data From mHealth Devices

by Eric Wicklund

The Mayo Clinic has launched a new mHealth platform aimed at helping healthcare providers improve their use of connected health devices in remote patient monitoring and other mobile health...

Google Unveils mHealth App, New Study on Respiratory Illnesses

by Eric Wicklund

Google has launched an mHealth app for healthcare studies, allowing researchers and providers to collect data from participants using Android phones. In unveiling the Google Health Studies app this...

Massachusetts Payers to Take Part in COVID-19 Telehealth Study

by Eric Wicklund

A new project in Massachusetts aims to determine how telehealth can be used to address social and racial barriers to care during the coronavirus pandemic. The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans...

Survey: Make Telehealth a Regular Part of Care Management

by Eric Wicklund

A new survey finds that fear of COVID-19 contamination is keeping patients away from the doctor, and telehealth could ease those fears by turning in-person visits to virtual visits. Roughly a third of...

COVID-19 Pushes Telehealth for Veterinary Care Into the Spotlight

by Eric Wicklund

One side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic is that it has highlighted new uses for telehealth. And veterinary care is at the top of that list. Interest in veterinary telehealth is surging during the...

New Jersey Expands COVID-19 Telehealth Coverage for Specialists

by Eric Wicklund

New Jersey lawmakers have expanded the state’s telehealth guidelines to allow more healthcare providers to use connected health technologies during the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s...

Guidelines for Marketing a Practice’s New Telehealth Platform

by Eric Wicklund

The sharp increase in telehealth use during the pandemic is giving healthcare providers new opportunities to expand their reach. But how can they make patients – both potential and existing...

New Telehealth Bill Would Penalize States Who Don’t Join Licensure Compact

by Eric Wicklund

A group of Congressmen wants to prod states into joining the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which aims to make it easier for providers to use telehealth to treat patients in other states. US...

American Medical Association Announces New Policy on Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

The American Medical Association has adopted a new policy on telehealth. The organization concluded its five-day virtual meeting this week with a nod to a recent survey from the COVID-19 Healthcare...

COVID-19 Survey: Doctors Like Telehealth and Want to Continue Using It

by Eric Wicklund

A survey of roughly 1,600 healthcare providers finds that almost 70 percent are motivated to use more telehealth because of the experiences they’ve had during the coronavirus pandemic – and...

Connected Care Alliance Seeks Support for New Telehealth Licensure Rules

by Eric Wicklund

The Alliance for Connected Care wants to make it easier for health systems and hospitals to use telehealth to treat patients no matter where they live. The organization is seeking support for...

Telehealth Helps The Mayo Clinic Adjust to a New Healthcare Ecosystem

by Eric Wicklund

Like so many other health systems, the Mayo Clinic ramped up its telehealth platform to address the coronavirus pandemic, adopting digital health tools and processes that normally would have taken a...

The Digital Therapeutics Alliance Looks to Push the Telehealth Envelope

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth and mHealth are pushing the healthcare ecosystem further toward value-based care, and a key ingredient in this transition is digital therapeutics. Digital therapeutics is “something...

FCC Opens Application Window for Connected Care Pilot Program

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communications Commission is set to launch its Connected Care Pilot Program, a three-year, $100 million project aimed at expanding telehealth access for low-income Americans, veterans and...

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