When disaster strikes, healthcare providers are usually among the first to arrive, carrying whatever they need to deliver quick and urgent care. Telehealth is now a critical part of the first responder toolkit, giving providers the help...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid program to reimburse behavioral and mental health providers for telehealth.
The bill was one of five signed...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is putting more than $31 million into programs that will use telehealth and telemedicine to improve access to treatment.
The Washington,...
Healthcare executives are still seeing a bright future for telehealth and telemedicine, with artificial intelligence quickly moving up the list of hot topics.
A survey of roughly 100 health industry...
A Georgia university with a history of expanding telehealth resources into rural parts of the state has opened a new telemedicine clinic in a town whose one and only physician recently retired.
The...
Telehealth and mHealth are giving healthcare providers a well-stocked toolbox to treat people with substance abuse disorders and addiction issues, many of whom require around-the-clock, on-demand support and care coordination to stay on a...
With the gradual adoption of connected health services in the healthcare industry, there’s seemingly no shortage of resource materials for health systems and other sites interested in developing...
Two San Francisco-based health systems are joining forces to coordinate their mHealth and telehealth programs onto one enterprise-wide platform.
Dignity Health, which comprises 40 hospitals and 400...
The U.S. Navy is working with Johns Hopkins University to launch a telemedicine program at its Pensacola, Fla. base.
Through a pilot program called Connected Corpsmen in the Community (CCC), health...
A long-awaited telemedicine program will soon enable healthcare providers in northern New York to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy.
Funded by a grant from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and...
The Global Partnership for Telehealth has launched a new strategy to increase adoption of connected health technologies in rural and remote parts of the country. It’s marketing its own...
A Colorado startup is receiving grant funding from Microsoft to expand its school-based telehealth platform to bring connected health services to underserved communities in California, Texas and...
Healthcare providers across Virginia are using an innovative telemedicine program to collaborate in the battle against opioid abuse.
Launched in May, the ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes)...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is using telemedicine to extend the reach of its kidney transplant program and give Tennessee residents the opportunity to be screened for a transplant and receive...
Telemedicine advocates have long argued that virtual care is equal to in-person care. But for some specialists augmenting their “day job” with eConsult services, that telehealth platform...
The US Army is testing a telemedicine platform designed to transmit critical data from the field to the hospital, enabling providers there to better prepare for incoming patients. The connected care...
Rite Aid is taking another shot at telehealth kiosks.
The national pharmacy chain, which saw its first foray into kiosks go south two years ago with the demise of HealthSpot, has agreed to a...
Maryland officials are looking to expand the state’s school-based telehealth platform.
The Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) has made available two $200,000 grants for new telehealth...
Delaware’s Board of Medicine has tightened up its telehealth and telemedicine regulations.
Following a public comment period, the board enacted new guidelines in June that clarify language in...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System so that home health agencies can include the cost of remote patient monitoring on the...