Worried that Congress is too busy to take on long-term telehealth policy, telehealth advocates are calling on the Biden Administration to ensure that emergency measures enacted to expand access...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is asking for help from the public in assessing how telehealth has been used during the pandemic.
The agency last week published a request for...
More than 70 healthcare organizations will received federal funds for new connected health projects through the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The FCC this week...
Telehealth and mHealth will play an important role in a massive research project being launched by the National Institutes of Health to analyze the long-term effects of COVID-19.
The NIH announced...
Mount Sinai researchers used wearable devices to monitor physiological effects in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that high resilience and emotional support are linked to a...
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to a kickback conspiracy that exploited temporary COVID-19 Medicare telehealth policies meant to increase access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.
Co-owner of Panda...
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs are safe and feasible, and they yield positive health outcomes for acute COVID-19 treatment, according to a Mayo Clinic study.
The midwestern health system...
Telehealth use has declined since the country has seemingly left the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind, but healthcare organizations are still considering telehealth expansion to increase patient...
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...
A new report finds that the Department of Veterans Affairs used remote patient monitoring to provide care for more than 23,500 veterans during the height of the pandemic, interacting with thousands of...
The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers saw the most telehealth visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent review of Medicare claims.
The analysis of...
Lawmakers are once again eyeing a thorough evaluation of telehealth services offered during the coronavirus pandemic through Medicare and Medicaid.
That’s the gist of the Evaluating Disparities...
Remote patient monitoring for patients with COVID-19 proved to be effective in preventing hospital admissions and improving recovery from the virus, according to a Kaiser Permanente study.
The...
Patient satisfaction was significantly higher than provider satisfaction after using audio-only telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey conducted in South Korea.
While...
Telehealth advocates have launched another effort to prompt Congress to establish a post-pandemic connected health policy.
The eHealth Initiative is leading a new letter-writing effort to permanently...
Telehealth visits for short- and long-term outpatient care delivery increased during the coronavirus pandemic, while in-person services saw more preventive care visits, according to a study from the...
Telehealth coverage has significantly increased across the country during the coronavirus pandemic, but the challenge lies in maintaining that coverage after the pandemic is over, according to a...
Primary care physicians and nurse practitioners increased their use of virtual care visits during the coronavirus pandemic, and many want to continue providing this type of care after the pandemic is...
As the pandemic eases and state public health emergencies expire, healthcare providers are scrambling to figure out what they can and can’t do with telehealth any more.
Florida Governor Ron...
US Reps Liz Cheney and Debbie Dingell are jumping onto the telehealth policy bandwagon with a bill aimed at permanently extending key waivers introduced during the pandemic.
Cheney, a Republican...
