A telehealth platform that includes clinical decision support tools can help care providers reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing rates, according to a study conducted at Children’s...
Roughly two dozen mHealth and telehealth companies are joining forces with the Consumer Technology Association to develop standards for digital therapeutics.
The CTA’s initiative aims to create...
One of the nation’s largest telehealth companies is planting a significant stake in the chronic care management market.
Teladoc Health has announced a merger with Livongo, a connected health...
A new bill before Congress takes aim at one of the bigger barriers to telehealth expansion: interstate licensure.
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week unveiled the Temporary...
A new task force aims to shine the spotlight on the role that consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth technology can play in tackling pandemics.
The Consumer Technology Association today announced the...
With the coronavirus pandemic putting the squeeze on underserved populations, health plans are developing mHealth and telehealth tools that go beyond healthcare.
Healthfirst, a provider-owned insurer...
A Florida housebuilder is selling telehealth with new homes, aiming to capitalize on the trend toward home-based connected health.
CC Homes, based on Coral Gables, has partnered with Baptist Health to...
Health systems seeking to lure new business through direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms will soon have a new competitor.
Walgreens has announced a partnership with VillageMD to open connected...
A Georgia health system is planning for the future after converting its direct-to-consumer telehealth platform into a COVID-19 screening service.
The Augusta University Health System had intended to...
Among the different types of healthcare providers hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic, dentists rank near the top of the list. Now they’re turning to telehealth to offer patients access to some...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is relaxing state rules to allow healthcare providers to use telehealth and mHealth tools like Skype and FaceTime without risk of penalty.
Mirroring a waiver handed down...
The American Telemedicine Association and Consumer Technology Association have partnered to create an online database of telehealth and mHealth platforms and tools.
The Digital Health Care Directory...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an executive order allowing healthcare providers in the state to use asynchronous telehealth platforms to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic.
“As our state...
mHealth researchers are using smartphones to crowdsource Coronavirus research.
The University of California at San Francisco has launched COVID-19 Citizen Science (CCS), a project aimed at gathering...
Healthcare providers are scrambling to keep up with the demand for telehealth services as the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the nation. Many are seeing unexpected benefits in the shift to...
Doctors in 35 states and the District of Columbia can now use telehealth to treat patients in other states, as part of the massive national effort to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.
Officials in...
Regence is putting a new spin on direct-to-consumer telehealth with a service that promises members access to a doctor within seconds.
The Oregon-based payer with more than 3 million members in...
Less than a year after enacting legislation that restricts the use of telehealth for dental services, California lawmakers are once again looking to curb its use.
California Assemblyman Evan Low this...
One of the nation’s largest health systems is expanding its direct-to-consumer telehealth service, offering on-demand, video-based care to residents in five Western states.
Providence St. Joseph...
Arkansas residents now have access to round-the-clock, non-acute care through a direct-to-consumer telehealth service launched by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The university...
