More than 125 organizations are urging Congress to reinstate a provision that allows employers and health plans to provide pre-deductible coverage for telehealth services for those with high-deductible...
Clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) helped address virtual care disparities for patients with limited English proficiency by increasing access to telehealth platforms, ensuring privacy...
As policymakers consider the numerous telehealth bills placed before them, a new advocacy organization has entered the scene: ATA Action.
Launched by the American Telemedicine Association, the new...
After conducting a systematic review of literature focusing on telehealth use for cancer care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has released a series of standards and guidelines on...
In the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black patients saw a higher increase in post-discharge follow-up appointments compared to white patients, which coincided with the boom of telehealth...
West Virginia University Health System, or WVU Medicine, is partnering with digital health company Virta Health to offer its virtual diabetes treatment to eligible employees in the state.
With this...
A telehealth company's attempt to strike down a decision stating that virtual care physicians who are outside of the U.S. are not eligible for Medicare reimbursement was dismissed by a federal...
Telehealth utilization peaked in the first half of 2020 and decreased as the year came to a close, with providers predicting that virtual care use would continue to decline in upcoming years, according...
Mercy and Tampa General Hospital have each received grants from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to invest in new virtual care technologies and expand access to COVID-19 telehealth services...
A researcher at Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant to develop a mobile management program with the aim of improve asthma control in young Black...
Telehealth and digital tools are key components to close gaps in care caused by pandemic and promote preventive care.
Many patients put off medical care during the first year of the pandemic,...
Remote patient monitoring programs that offer telephone-based, audio-only monitoring in addition to application-based programs may help reduce barriers to care, particularly for Black and low-income...
The FQHC Telehealth Consortium in Massachusetts has received a $226,660 grant from the Digital Equity Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation to support a Telehealth Navigator Program that aims...
Chicago-based First Stop Health, a virtual care provider, has established a nationwide virtual primary care service.
The service is available via an application, website, or the telephone and...
A North Carolina-based federally qualified health center (FQHC) has partnered with a remote patient monitoring company that focuses on chronic disease management to help improve virtual hypertension...
A glaring divide exists in telehealth use between white cancer patients and those who are racial minorities, according to a new study.
The study, published in Cancer Medicine, examined patterns of...
National telehealth use declined by nearly 7 percent in October 2021, but mental health conditions remained in the top spot for the most common telehealth diagnoses in every region, according to FAIR...
Medically Home, a Boston-based company that operates acute care-at-home programs, has raised $110 million in a new funding round, which includes investments from the likes of Mayo Clinic and Kaiser...
Engineers from the University of Missouri have created a prototype of a remote patient monitoring device that can noninvasively monitor an individual’s blood pressure.
Providers can detect...
User-centered mHealth technology and applications could help reduce burden and increase the efficiency of workflows for hospitalists, according to a study published in JMIR Human Factors.
Hospitalists...
