The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to launch a massive expansion of its remote patient monitoring program to expand care and treatment of veterans in their own homes.
The VA has filed a...
With only about 10 percent of the nation’s federally qualified health centers having psychiatrists or licensed clinical psychologists on staff, a telehealth platform could improve access for...
With schools returning to in-person learning or juggling remote options, the Biden Administration is investing more than $5 million in school-based health centers that often use telehealth to help...
Sanford Health, one of the largest rural health systems in the nation, has received a $350 million donation to fund a new virtual care center that will increase access to care for rural and underserved...
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed an executive order that aims to ban telemedicine abortions throughout the state.
The executive order targets the South Dakota Department of Health and its...
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is employing remote patient monitoring to increase patient access to diabetes care management and improve health outcomes.
UMMC, one of the...
As healthcare organizations launch remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs to connect with underserved populations, some health systems are using the opportunity to establish new partnerships...
A new study out of the University of California at San Francisco finds that an overwhelming number of patients who underwent telemedicine abortions at a California clinic during the height of the...
Despite having a high need for telehealth use, rural hospitals see a significant lack of emergency department telehealth services due to telehealth reimbursement barriers and low patient volumes,...
A virtual care company is offering free telehealth services to residents and first responders who are impacted by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The hurricane has brought intense winds...
Federally qualified health center (FQHC) telehealth visits have exceeded one million in Massachusetts since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, proving telehealth to be convenient for...
The Georgia-based nonprofit Global Partnership for Telehealth (GPT) will continue its role as the Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC), offering resources to providers and organizations that...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved 62 projects for funding under the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The projects are the first to be approved in the second round of the program, which...
Roughly three-quarters of the nation’s large businesses expanded their telehealth programs for employees during the pandemic, and many may use those channels in the future to address social...
Kaiser Permanente is helping expand telehealth access in Hawaiʻi with $143,000 in grants to four community-based organizations that support low-income, uninsured, and homeless...
Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Montana over recently-passed legislation that would ban the use of telehealth in abortions.
The national organization’s Montana chapter has filed a...
Telehealth has the potential to increase access to healthcare services and improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness, according to researchers at the Medical University of South...
A federal judge has shot down Indiana’s ban on telemedicine abortions.
US District Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled on Tuesday that state laws banning telehealth and requiring in-person exams by a...
The pandemic has highlighted the benefits of telehealth, but individuals still face significant barriers to access, including a lack of broadband connectivity and access to the right technology,...
Mercy Health is expanding its direct-to-consumer telehealth platform with a new service that connects callers to physicians and advanced practice providers.
Mercy on Call follows in the footsteps of...
