Federal and state efforts to boost telemental health may be blossoming – in particular for students, seniors and veterans – but “a lack of meaningful coverage and reimbursement...
Stony Brook University Hospital is preparing to launch two mobile telestroke units next spring on New York’s Long Island.
The hospital has set aside $2.2 million to equip the mobile health units...
Rural hospitals who use telemedicine to improve care management in their Emergency Departments not only save money and preserve limited resources – they also boost staff morale and make it easier...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its “Anywhere to Anywhere VA Health Care” program with new telehealth and telemedicine partnerships.
At this week’s “Anywhere to...
An analysis of payer compliance with Texas’ telehealth and telemedicine law finds that many insurers aren’t being transparent about what they do and don’t cover. And that may be...
Wyoming’s largest hospital is launching a telestroke network with other hospitals in the mostly rural state.
Wyoming Medical Center in Casper has signed a telemedicine partnership with Memorial...
Michigan lawmakers are moving forward with legislation to indefinitely extend a ban on abortions by telemedicine.
The state’s Republican-majority Senate voted along party lines this week to...
Law enforcement officials are beginning to catch up to healthcare providers who see telehealth as a means of stealing from the government.
The latest case comes out of San Diego, where a nurse...
Researchers at two universities are launching a five-year study to determine whether telemedicine can help healthcare providers improve their medication management habits.
Funded by a grant from the...
Dozens of health technology companies have formed a non-profit aimed at lobbying for more telehealth and mHealth in Medicaid.
Spurred by recent federal and state efforts to expand Medicaid programs...
One of two organizations providing telehealth accreditation has unveiled its first graduating class.
Five telehealth providers – including two health systems – have been accredited under...
With a new telemedicine platform, Michigan’s Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is looking to take the “physical” out of physical rehabilitation.
The 167-bed hospital, based in...
The federal agency responsible for coordinating care for Native American and Alaskan Indian populations is launching a telemedicine platform to improve access to opioid abuse disorder (OAD)...
A Texas legislator is looking to improve access to telemedicine for students with mental health issues and sexual assault survivors.
Those proposals were included in a package of 11 bills filed this...
A national women’s rights organization is taking Kansas to court over a clause in its newly enacted telehealth regulations that prohibits abortions via telemedicine.
The Center for Reproductive...
Rural broadband advocates are looking to put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to expand broadband services through TV white space technology, which could be used to expand telehealth...
Healthcare providers are using sophisticated patient portals to improve patient engagement, but they’re still lagging in connecting with patients for virtual care visits.
According to the...
Dozens of healthcare providers in 40 states and three US territories will be receiving federal funding to launch or expand telemedicine and telehealth programs.
US Department of Agriculture Secretary...
Universities and academic medical centers are using telemedicine not only to improve patient access to care, but to train the next wave of healthcare providers to work in underserved parts of the...
Hospitals and health systems will adopt telehealth if the technology enables them to improve care outcomes, reduce waste and improve provider workflows. But do they feel that accreditation is part of...