Video visits for chronic disease treatment are as safe and effective as in-person care, according to a new study.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, aimed to assess the benefits...
Using telehealth for substance use disorder treatment may only see success for people with stable housing, as no-show rates for virtual visits were higher for people experiencing homelessness, a study...
Though telehealth use reached new heights during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows that some of the states that were hit the hardest by the novel coronavirus have restrictive telehealth...
Female, primary care, and behavioral health physicians were more likely to adopt virtual care early on during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to male and surgical specialty physicians, a study published...
A wide digital divide exists among Medicare beneficiaries who are cancer survivors, with urban survivors being more likely to use telehealth as compared with their rural counterparts, according to a...
Telehealth could help treat and diagnose patients who experience hallucinations and delusions as a result of neurodegenerative diseases, according to a report published in the International Journal of...
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University have collaborated to create a wireless sensor designed to prevent opioid relapses and...
The transition to using telehealth for perinatal mental health services for mothers and infants helped improve access to care during the pandemic and led to similar outcomes as in-person services, a...
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Novant Health has launched two new digital tools that aim to help patients access care and make informed decisions.
The tools, a virtual assistant and a physician...
MDsave, a direct-to-consumer virtual marketplace for healthcare services, has filed a lawsuit against three of its competitors alleging they stole and exploited MDSave's protected data and...
Close to a third of older Americans remain concerned about the efficacy of telehealth visits as compared with in-person care, according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by the Associated...
Using telehealth for cystic fibrosis treatment during the pandemic led to similar health outcomes for patients as in-person care, a study published in the journal Chest found.
When the COVID-19...
Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care organizations (ACOs) were less likely to use telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic if they were older or lived in rural areas, a study published in the...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy have signed into law bills that will expand access to telehealth in their respective states.
DeWine signed the Telemedicine Expansion Act, which...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded an additional $42.7 million in telehealth funding to be distributed among 68 newly approved healthcare providers as a part of its COVID-19...
The owner of a telemedicine company has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay and receive kickback payments, which led to Medicare and Medicaid programs losing millions of dollars through fraudulent...
Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania have received a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) that will help further their research about the use of remote patient...
Rapid telehealth implementation for prenatal and postpartum care services during the COVID-19 pandemic was proven to be feasible for underserved populations at a clinic in Massachusetts, according to a...
Lawmakers have the power to solidify access to virtual opioid use disorder treatment by introducing policies that ensure reimbursement parity, solidify audio-only telehealth coverage, and expand the...
Telehealth utilization has increased in Michigan rural counties, and the residents plan to continue using virtual care in a post-pandemic world, according to a report from Connected Nation Michigan (CN...
