Fitbit is awarding mHealth wearables and services to six research projects that aim to address the social determinants of health.
The company, one of the largest in the direct-to-consumer space, has...
With so many states allowing telehealth services delivered by out-of-state providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clarified its policy on Medicare recognition of providers...
Lawmakers are making another push to improve telehealth access in rural America.
US Reps. Greg Pence (R-IN) and Angie Craig (D-MN) have introduced the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act (HR 5506),...
The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced a Spanish version of its mHealth app to improve healthcare access for Latinos and help patients prepare for in-person and telehealth...
More than 50 skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin will soon have access to telehealth services to improve after-hours care and reduce hospitalizations.
North Shore Healthcare has announced a...
A Minnesota-based provider of mental health services is shutting down most of its physical locations and shifting all services to telehealth.
Southwestern Mental Health, which operates five clinics...
Healthcare regulators in Iowa have released new guidelines that allow physician assistants, speech-language pathologists and audiologists to use telehealth.
The state’s Board of Physician...
Health systems struggling to address a surge in mental health cases are using telehealth to connect patients to care providers. That’s especially true in emergency departments, where patients...
The Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to unveil the next round of healthcare organizations that will receive funding through the Connected Care Pilot Program for telehealth...
A Rhode Island-based Accountable Care Organization has launched a new program that aims to give seniors the resources they need to use telehealth.
Integra is partnering with the Pawtucket Housing...
Support is growing for a bill before both chambers of Congress that would make permanent some very specific emergency measures that were designed to boost telehealth access and coverage in rural areas...
A Pacific Northwest payer is expanding its telehealth platform in hopes that its 3 million members will get the health and wellness checkups they’ve skipped during the pandemic.
Regence has...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that will enable the state’s healthcare providers to use telehealth to address staffing shortages caused by the ongoing pandemic and...
The federal government is seeking comments on issues related to spectrum for the Internet of Things, including broadband connectivity needed for remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs and...
A recent study conducted at several Canadian hospitals finds that remote patient monitoring can be used to help patients recover at home after non-elective surgery.
The study, led by researchers at...
A new study finds that while telehealth has surged during the pandemic, providers haven’t solved many of the issues that kept adoption low prior to COVID-19.
J.D. Power’s 2021 US...
More than 70 healthcare organizations will received federal funds for new connected health projects through the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The FCC this week...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has extended an Executive Order enabling physicians to conduct routine and non-emergency telehealth services without risk of being penalized for the inadvertent release...
Thomas Jefferson University has launched the Jefferson Center for Connected Care, a new effort by one of the East Coast’s leading connected health organizations to take on the barriers to...
The Biden Administration is shelling out almost $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to health centers in every state to support a wide range of projects, including telehealth expansion.
In all,...