A Georgia health system is launching a telehealth program aimed at putting its providers at the scene of emergency calls to help treat patients before they reach the hospital.
Emory Healthcare is...
Intermountain Healthcare has announced plans to acquire an air medical transport company, a move that officials say will also improve its telehealth program.
The Salt Lake City-based health system...
Healthcare providers in Canada are testing out a unique mHealth app designed to reduce overdose deaths among active drug users.
NorWest Community Health Centres in northwestern Ontario will be the...
Federal officials have selected another 184 emergency healthcare providers to take part in an innovative program that can use telehealth and mHealth to improve care coordination for people dialing...
Emergency department triage interviews conducted by mHealth robotic systems lead to high levels of patient satisfaction, according to a new telehealth study published in JAMA Network Open.
The...
California lawmakers have amended a long-standing law regulating involuntary commitment to a mental health institution to allow psychiatric evaluations to be done by telehealth.
The...
Much like telestroke vehicles bring emergency treatment to stroke victims in the field, a new vehicle being developed by the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine aims to treat heart attack...
Cleveland’s MetroHealth System is partnering with three EMS agencies in a Medicare-based mobile integrated health (MIH) program aimed at bringing virtual care to the patient and reducing...
Oklahoma lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would allow police officers to access telehealth to virtually assess someone in crisis.
SB 7, introduced this month by State Senator Michael...
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is putting an emphasis on expanding telehealth services for mental healthcare during the coming years.
Evers’ proposed 2021-23 budget includes more than $150...
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...
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is launching a telehealth program to provide specialized telehealth services for elderly patients and training for care providers at four northern New England...
A city in New York is reducing emergency department traffic and improving time to treatment by deploying a telehealth program through its fire department.
The Schenectady Fire Department launched the...
Adoption of telemedicine in emergency departments leads to better quality of care and patient satisfaction, according to a new study published in the INFORMS Journal Information Systems Research....
A nurse-based telehealth platform is helping to reduce emergency room congestion and improve timely clinical outcomes at a Veterans Affairs health system.
In a study recently published in Emergency...
A Chicago health system is expanding its telemedicine platform to give patients and care providers at two outlying hospitals on-demand access to emergency pediatric services.
Pediatricians at...
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...
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...
Federal officials have announced almost $12 million in grants aimed at expanding access to telehealth services in rural parts of the country.
The awards are part of more than $35 million being issued...
