Skilled nursing facilities across the country are using telemedicine to bring critical healthcare services to their residents, improving health and wellness outcomes and reducing costly ER...
A new study finds that a school-based telehealth program can “significantly” improve clinical outcomes and reduce healthcare expenditures for children with asthma in urban settings.
The...
One of New England’s largest health plans is investing in a telemedicine platform that enables patients and their primary care providers to access specialty consults.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care...
Pediatricians in New Jersey are using telehealth to connect with mental health experts in a new program designed to improve access to care for urban youths.
Armed with a $555,555 grant from the New...
A group of business and advocacy organizations is making another push for improved broadband connectivity in rural parts of the country, saying it would – among other things - boost access to...
Healthcare providers often see telehealth as an ideal platform for connecting with their patients on sensitive issues. Erectile dysfunction fits into that category quite nicely.
Last month, a New York...
From Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley, telehealth, telemedicine and mHealth – and the other half-dozen terms for this fast-moving industry – found its way into the American consciousness in...
Sheriff’s deputies in the nation’s third most-populated county are using mHealth to connect people experiencing a mental health crisis with psychiatrists.
The Harris County Sheriff’s...
A telemedicine platform developed about 15 years ago in New Mexico is now helping thousands of doctors across the country learn from specialists and manage care for patients with complex conditions.
Project ECHO (Extension for Community...
Some 20 hospitals in northern California are using telemedicine carts to treat stroke patients almost twice as fast as the national average for stroke treatment.
The hospitals, all part of the Kaiser...
A trip to the doctor’s office isn’t an easy task for residents of New York’s City’s 12 municipal jails or their jailers. A telemedicine platform, however, could make things a...
A new partnership will examine whether better broadband access in remote parts of Kentucky can boost telehealth and mHealth programs that improve outcomes for cancer patients.
The Federal...
A telemedicine platform that helps emergency departments triage patients just might be the answer to crowded ERs and physician staffing issues.
The virtual visit platform, developed by the...
Philips is strengthening its remote patient monitoring platform with the acquisition of a telehealth company specializing in population health technology.
The company’s deal with VitalHealth, a...
North Dakota lawmakers are grappling with a proposal to restrict telemedicine in first-time episodic patient care, a move that could prevent rural residents from accessing care online.
The state...
Less than half of the health systems surveyed in a new report are getting reimbursed for remote patient monitoring or virtual care – but that isn’t stopping them from launching new...
Nearly half of workers compensation professionals recently surveyed say telehealth and telemedicine will have the biggest impact on the industry in the future. And more than half say it will help them...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering increasing funding for broadband expansion to rural America, a move that would pave the way for more – and better - telehealth and...
Healthcare providers will be checking to make sure their telehealth and telemedicine programs comply with state Medicaid regulations following news that the Health and Human Services Department’s...
Sometimes a telemedicine service can offer too much value to let a little thing like reimbursement stand in the way.
For a group of seven community health centers in Massachusetts, that service...