Another 53 healthcare providers have been awarded grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
To date, 238 providers in 41 states and Washington DC have...
A new bill before Congress calls for a study of whether telehealth has improved access and care outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Introduced this past Monday by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), the...
Despite a nationwide shift to telehealth to replace most in-person visits during the coronavirus pandemic, seniors aren’t using connected health platforms to access care.
In a survey of roughly...
Rural health clinics forced to change their ways by the Coronavirus pandemic are finding that telehealth and mHealth platforms can do a lot of good.
The Fauquier Free Clinic, serving uninsured and...
Telehealth has long been a luxury in rural America, where primary care is still based on the face-to-face visit in the doctor’s office. But COVID-19 has changed that way of thinking, and is...
The Federal Communications Commission is branching out with its new list of recipients for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, selecting a wide range of care providers who are using mHealth and...
With dentists struggling to stay afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic, the American Dental Association is calling on the federal government to support practices using telehealth.
In an April 27...
The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers has received additional funding to help healthcare providers and other groups use connected health platforms to take on the Coronavirus...
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...
The Federal Communications Commission has announced a third group of healthcare providers to receive funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
In the past week, the FCC has awarded $9.5 million...
Some $200 million is available right now to help healthcare providers launch or expand telehealth programs during the Coronavirus pandemic, and another $100 million is set aside to expand connected...
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...
As healthcare providers embrace new telehealth and mHealth services to address the Coronavirus pandemic, they should remember one thing: Capture and store all the data.
Federal and state agencies are...
Three VA hospitals around the country will soon be using telehealth to give veterans access to creating arts therapy to deal with neurological and behavioral health issues.
The three hospitals are...
A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Department of Agriculture to amend a two-year-old broadband funding program to give rural states more opportunities to improve their telehealth...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Needs to prioritize and increase telehealth spending to meet the growing demand for long-term care for veterans, according to a government watchdog.
The VA saw a 14...
Roughly two years after passing one of the more progressive telehealth bills in the nation, Kentucky lawmakers are considering creating a cabinet-level department aimed at overseeing and supporting all...
Telehealth programs targeting rural areas of Virginia will benefit from the disbursement of more than $8 million in state grants to a dozen projects aimed at boosting broadband connectivity.
Governor...
An innovative project in Ohio is using barbershops, hair salons and telehealth to screen people for hypertension.
Three Cleveland-area barbershops in urban neighborhoods are currently working with the...
Payers are discovering that an mHealth program that focuses on just the Fitbit or Apple Watch won’t ensure widespread engagement or positive outcomes. They’re instead adopting...
