New York state officials are launching a “comprehensive telehealth initiative” aimed at improving access to perinatal care, particularly in rural parts of the state.
The four-part program...
Maryland lawmakers will soon be debating a bill that aims to reimburse psychiatric services delivered through telemedicine for residents on the state’s Medicaid program.
HB 1200, submitted...
The University of Virginia Health System is launching a telemedicine program to help primary care providers in remote Appalachia treat patients living with lung disease.
UVA will be partnering with...
Roughly 1.9 million Massachusetts residents on Medicaid will soon be able to access mental health services through telemedicine.
MassHealth, the commonwealth’s Medicaid and Children’s...
The federal agency responsible for awarding millions of dollars in telehealth and telemedicine grants is prioritizing rural connected health programs that address opioid abuse in its next round of...
Lawmakers in several states are pushing forward with bills to amend existing telehealth and telemedicine rules – most notable changing them to improve payer coverage and include remote patient...
One of the early pioneers of the remote patient monitoring movement is changing owners – and its name.
Qualcomm announced this week that it’s selling its Qualcomm Life business to...
A lot of time and effort is expended in creating a care plan for life-limiting illnesses after those illnesses have taken hold. But palliative care experts say that care coordination and management...
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has reported reaching a major milestone in its efforts to improve veterans’ access to care through telemedicine and telehealth.
According to the VA,...
More than 100 school-based health centers across the country are getting federal funding to develop telehealth and mHealth platforms for mental health, substance abuse, and childhood obesity-related...
Arizona lawmakers are moving forward with proposed legislation that would expand coverage for telemedicine and add more healthcare services, including asynchronous telehealth and remote patient...
Oklahoma lawmakers are mulling a telemedicine pilot program aimed at training rural healthcare providers to treat patients living with Alzheimer’s.
SB 437 would, if approved, create a Project...
Telehealth and mHealth will play a part in many of the education sessions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition, which takes place...
Washington state lawmakers will be taking up no less than four telemedicine bills this legislative session, thanks to one state senator who sees telehealth as a priority in the Pacific...
Telehealth services delivered through a mobile EHR platform are improving access to care for those who sail on and work in the frigid waters off Alaska.
Alaska Maritime Physicians, an Anchorage-based...
A network of seven community health centers in Massachusetts has cut specialist referrals in half by using a telemedicine platform, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for both the providers...
New Mexico lawmakers have eliminated all references to telemedicine in a bill aimed at setting standards for physician-assisted suicide.
Following a public hearing this week, legislators made two...
Using a telemedicine platform to connect primary care providers with specialists can improve care management and care coordination for patients. These services, called eConsults, can serve as a cost-effective way to expand access to...
North Dakota lawmakers are working on an amended telemedicine bill that would allow healthcare providers in the state to establish a doctor-patient relationship with new patients through asynchronous...
A telehealth program launched in 2016 to improve care management for patients with chronic conditions who aren’t in home health care has cut ER visits in half and reduced hospitalizations by...