Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are combining telehealth and peer support to help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
With funding from the US...
With Congress facing dozens of bills aimed at improving telehealth coverage beyond the pandemic, one Senator is pressing the issue by combining four bills into one piece of legislation.
Senator John...
As providers become more comfortable with prescribing connected health services, healthcare organizations are creating their own formularies and giving their doctors a menu of preferred mHealth apps,...
Some 36 telehealth programs across the country will get federal funding through the Federal Communications Commission’s Connected Care Pilot Program.
The FCC approved new guidelines for the $100...
mHealth apps that function as chatbots may have great potential in engaging with patients living with dementia, but they aren’t there yet, according to a new study.
Researchers from the...
A partnership launched earlier this year to support virtual care has introduced new resources for payers and healthcare providers thinking of replacing in-person services with connected...
A new bill before the Senate aims to eliminate a Medicare requirement that requires beneficiaries to see a provider in person before beginning telemental health treatment.
The Telemental Health Care...
The American Medical Association is adding equity to its recipe for successful telehealth expansion.
The organization’s House of Delegates approved a new policy during its June Special Meeting...
Two large skilled nursing facilities will soon be testing the post-COVID-19 theory that telehealth is here to stay.
Southview Acres Health Care Center in St. Paul, MN, and Affinity Healthcare Center...
The American Medical Association has launched a new program aimed at helping providers optimize and expand their telehealth programs.
Meg Barron, the AMA’s vice president of digital health...
A group of Senators has submitted yet another bill aimed at permanently extending Medicare coverage for certain telehealth services beyond the pandemic.
The Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act (S....
As the nation eases itself out of the pandemic, healthcare providers are adjusting to a new reality that mixes in-person care with telehealth. Many are approaching these hybrid healthcare models with a...
The Kentucky Hospital Association is partnering with a remote patient monitoring vendor to help healthcare providers in the state improve care management at home for their patients.
The...
While healthcare providers are embracing remote patient monitoring to expand care management into the home, a new survey finds that their patients are just as excited about using the...
With hospital emergency departments moving back toward pre-COVID-19 traffic levels, some payers are renewing efforts to steer their members away from the ER and toward other resources, such as mHealth...
Research out of Canada shows an increase of more than 30 percent in new mothers seeking treatment for postpartum mental health issues during the coronavirus pandemic, and it highlights both the value...
Emory University is partnering with a Georgia-based non-profit to study how telehealth can be used to help low-income, uninsured people with chronic conditions access healthcare services.
The...
New research out of the University of California Davis finds that telehealth treatments for people with non-urgent mental health needs can be delivered via an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform...
The Digital Medicine Society has launched a new collaborative aimed at developing best practices for measuring health through mHealth platforms.
The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community...
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that using mHealth wearable devices such as smartwatches can increase healthcare use in patients diagnosed with...
