The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again facing calls to expand telehealth coverage for audiology and speech-language pathology during the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of 34 members...
West Virginia University is getting a $1.2 million federal grant to create a telemedicine platform that will give rural hospital ERs on-demand access to specialists.
The four-year grant from the...
California is now allowing local EMS providers to develop community paramedicine programs, which could use telehealth or mHealth tools to triage 911 calls at home and divert patients from hospital ERs...
The eHealth Initiative has unveiled recommendations for federal policy changes to help expand telehealth access and coverage during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The 22-page report comes...
One of the challenges of creating a sustainable telehealth platform is figuring out what to measure and how to measure it.
While clinical outcomes and changes to provider workflows are on the top of...
Federal authorities have announced millions of dollars in new grants for telehealth programs across the country.
Some $72 million in federal funding is going to 116 projects through the US Department...
Some 21 schools in rural Missouri are getting telehealth services in a partnership with Freeman Neosho Hospital.
The program, funded through the CARES Act, will place telemedicine carts in schools...
With interest high in connected health these days, health systems are scrambling to partner with vendors to test out new technologies for remote patient management and care.
In North Carolina, Wake...
Patients dealing with chronic pain have enough discomfort in their lives without the regular trips to the clinic or doctor’s office. A telehealth platform could make life a lot easier for...
While the coronavirus pandemic may have changed the rules, health systems across the country are investing more time and energy in telehealth platforms that take primary care out of the hospital and...
Public and population health officials in Oakland are using a telehealth platform to improve prenatal and postpartum care management for Black residents.
The BElovedBIRTH Black Centering program,...
Veterans will soon have more opportunities to use telehealth to access mental health services, following Congressional passage of a bill targeting the high suicide rate among service members.
The...
While telehealth use has skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, not everyone has made the jump to virtual care – and that could be putting some people in danger.
A recent study out of...
Direct-to-consumer telehealth has been one of the stalwarts of the past decade, offering providers and consumers the opportunity to collaborate online without the hassle of appointments, offices or...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve telehealth coverage for children through state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services.
The Telehealth Improvement for...
With the coronavirus pandemic curbing in-person care, substance abuse treatment programs are turning to telehealth to keep the channels of communication open with people struggling to stay clean and...
Utah has extended state emergency measures for telehealth coverage and access through the end of the nationally declared public emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor Gary Herbert...
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is looking to develop a telehealth model for nursing homes.
The Madison-based school is launching a study to gather data on how four...
A new coalition aims to shine the spotlight on consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth tools to mitigate health disparities.
Shepherded by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Connected Health...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is launching an mHealth program to track medication adherence for patients who have been prescribed opioids.
The Boston-based hospital’s Center for Pain...
