Federal officials have selected another 184 emergency healthcare providers to take part in an innovative program that can use telehealth and mHealth to improve care coordination for people dialing...
Congress will be taking a serious look at expanding telehealth coverage for mental health and substance abuse services this year.
Last week Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowsky (R-AK)...
A pair of bills headed to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk will expand the state Medicaid program to cover remote patient monitoring services and school-based telehealth programs.
HB 1987,...
Medical research institutions are on the front lines in examining how telehealth can be used to improve patient care. Now they’re getting their own virtual summit to tackle the biggest barriers...
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed into law a bill that allows healthcare providers to treat patients via telehealth without first needing an in-person exam.
SB 96, which includes some...
A Vermont Congressman is proposing setting aside almost $80 billion to expand high-speed broadband services throughout the country, a move that directly address one of the primary barriers to...
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to push healthcare away from in-person treatment and onto virtual platforms, Amazon and Walgreens have both expanded their telehealth offerings to offer an...
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed into law a bill that allows coverage for mental healthcare services delivered by telehealth.
SB 41, sponsored by State Sen. Luz Escamilla, requires the...
When Jefferson Health received federal funding last year to purchase telehealth tools to help patients access care during the coronavirus pandemic, those in charge of the program realized they...
The Community Care Network of Kansas is distributing more than 44,000 connected health devices to 18 community health centers around the state to help expand a telehealth program serving thousands of...
The coronavirus pandemic, now creeping into its second year, has given federal regulators mountains of data on telehealth. Now it’s up to the National Quality Forum to develop a framework for...
Two Massachusetts healthcare providers are taking part in a federally funded in study to determine how telehealth can be used to facilitate advance care planning for patients with life-threatening...
California lawmakers have amended a long-standing law regulating involuntary commitment to a mental health institution to allow psychiatric evaluations to be done by telehealth.
The...
Maryland lawmakers are moving forward with emergency legislation designed to make it easier for school-based health centers to offer telehealth.
HB 34/SB 278, introduced by State Sen. Cheryl Kagan,...
A new coalition of healthcare providers aims to make the home a more acceptable – and permanent - site for care, including telehealth and remote patient monitoring.
Moving Health Home announced...
An mHealth platform that automates contact tracing is helping Methodist Hospital of Southern California reduce COVID-19 exposure, as well as boosting staff morale and restoring public faith in a...
A coalition of more than 30 Illinois healthcare providers and groups is throwing its support behind a state bill that would, among other things, establish payment parity for telehealth services and...
Federal authorities are cracking down on telehealth fraud and misuse during the coronavirus pandemic, and that has the attention of advocates who worry that connected health may be getting a bad rap in...
Two more telehealth bills have resurfaced on Capitol Hill, joining a growing package of legislation aimed at improving connected health coverage and access after the coronavirus pandemic.
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Much like telestroke vehicles bring emergency treatment to stroke victims in the field, a new vehicle being developed by the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine aims to treat heart attack...
