With behavioral health issues skyrocketing during the coronavirus pandemic, a New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at transitioning peer support programs onto telehealth platforms to boost...
Can telehealth and mHealth play an integral role in the shift to value-based care?
The Connected Health Initiative thinks so.
The Washington-based organization has announced the formation of a...
Researchers at three health systems will soon be launching a telehealth study to determine whether transplant patients can improve their medication management through an mHealth app.
Johns Hopkins...
With a new administration taking over in Washington, a group of lawmakers is looking to put the emphasis back on passing long-term telehealth legislation.
The group this week re-introduced the...
The Federation of State Medical Boards has launched an online platform aimed at helping hard-hit health systems bring in extra clinical help through telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic.
The...
Health systems and home healthcare agencies who have expanded their telehealth footprint to offer home health services during the coronavirus pandemic may soon be facing federal scrutiny.
The Health...
Telehealth policy and new methods for connected care will figure prominently in healthcare during 2021, and Xtelligent Healthcare Media will be there to explore it.
In a special edition of our...
While connected health apps and devices are commonly used for chronic care management, condition-specific mHealth strategies are most effective, based on results from a new Health Union...
As healthcare providers look to launch or expand their telehealth networks, a key ingredient to success and sustainability is a staff that knows how to use the technology.
A telehealth bill introduced...
Some of the largest telehealth programs in the country are among 14 selected for the first round of grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connected Care Pilot Program.
The...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has announced plans to permanently extend emergency telehealth rules enacted during the coronavirus pandemic.
The governor announced this week that she would introduce...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made corrections to the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, opening the door to improved reimbursement for remote patient monitoring.
In a January 19...
The Mount Sinai Health System is launching a telehealth program aimed at improving care management for cancer patients at home.
The New York health system will be sending high-risk oncology patients...
Fourteen federally qualified health centers on six islands in Hawai’i are getting $1.3 million to launch or expand telehealth services.
The grants, coming from the Freeman Foundation and...
With its nursing corps stretched thin, a Pennsylvania health system is using college students to support its new in-patient telehealth program.
The St. Luke’s University Health Network has hired...
OSF Healthcare and Northwestern University have developed a protocol for using telehealth to treat patients with sepsis in rural hospitals.
Using a four-year, $750,000 grant from the Agency for...
The Alliance for Connected Care is putting pressure on lawmakers at both the state and federal levels to relax licensing barriers that interfere with multi-state telehealth programs.
The alliance has...
A Florida state legislator is using the “addition by subtraction” approach in an effort to improve the state’s telehealth regulations.
HB 247, introduced this week by State Rep. Tom...
A new partnership among telehealth and digital health organizations aims to create a framework for healthcare providers developing “virtual first” programs.
The IMPACT (vIrtual-first...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is aiming to put his state at the front of the line in telehealth access and coverage with a wide-ranging legislative proposal that, among other things, eliminates...
