An mHealth app developed by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital reportedly can diagnose a stroke from a user’s speech and facial movements.
James Wang, a professor of...
A CMS program that provides long-term care for seniors in need of support services used telehealth to keep those connections going during the coronavirus pandemic.
The success was charted in a recent...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve Medicare coverage for home health services delivered via telehealth during a public health emergency.
The Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT)...
Telehealth advocates are once again putting pressure on the US Drug Enforcement Agency to finalize a special registration process so that care providers can use telemedicine to prescribe certain...
A Delaware health system has customized an Amazon Alexa mHealth app to give patients personalized care management information at home.
Wilmington-based ChristianaCare announced this week that the Home...
A Michigan payer is the first in the state – and one of a handful in the nation – to introduce a telehealth-only plan.
Priority Health this week unveiled MyPriority Telehealth PCP, which...
The University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine are launching a telehealth program to help refugee camp residents on the other side of the globe.
Penn Sophomores Henry Le and Ananya Dewan have...
Lawmakers are now trying to integrate COVID-19 testing with a telehealth visit for seniors and others at risk of contracting the virus.
The Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth (START) Act of 2020,...
A Texas lawmaker wants to set aside $10 billion to help states launch their own broadband expansion programs, which could then be used to expand telehealth platforms into underserved communities.
US...
An Ohio behavioral health clinic is using a federal grant of almost $2 million to expand telehealth services for domestic violence victims in need of counseling.
The Toledo-based Zepf Center is using...
Elderly Maine residents will soon be able to use telehealth to access wellness services and advanced care planning through a program coordinated by the University of New England.
The Biddeford-based...
With most state governments enacting emergency measures to improve Medicaid coverage for telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic, a national law firm has drafted a list of actions those...
A telehealth platform that enables providers to remotely monitor diabetic foot ulcers of patients at home helped eliminate major amputations and halve hospital admissions, according to a recent study...
The American Telemedicine Association is launching a resource for curating mHealth apps.
The ATA announced a partnership last week with the Organization for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA),...
Healthcare providers and payers looking to drive sustainability in a telehealth platform in a world affected by the coronavirus pandemic should focus on safety, quality and insurance...
Researchers at Yale University are launching a connected health study that will analyze three different telehealth and mHealth platforms for treating patients living with heart failure.
The Yale...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that 11 more telehealth services will qualify for Medicare reimbursement during the coronavirus pandemic.
The agency also released new...
The Center for Telehealth & e-Health Law is looking for funding to complete a study on the cost benefits of telehealth.
The Washington-based non-profit has put out the call for $300,000 in...
A coalition of healthcare organizations is pressuring Illinois lawmakers to mandate payment parity for telehealth services.
The call to require payers to reimburse providers for telehealth services at...
Healthcare providers will be getting some help in learning how to use telehealth to integrate mental health services into standard pathways of care.
With a coronavirus pandemic and rising substance...
