South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed into law a bill that allows healthcare providers to treat patients via telehealth without first needing an in-person exam.
SB 96, which includes some...
A Vermont Congressman is proposing setting aside almost $80 billion to expand high-speed broadband services throughout the country, a move that directly address one of the primary barriers to...
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to push healthcare away from in-person treatment and onto virtual platforms, Amazon and Walgreens have both expanded their telehealth offerings to offer an...
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed into law a bill that allows coverage for mental healthcare services delivered by telehealth.
SB 41, sponsored by State Sen. Luz Escamilla, requires the...
When Jefferson Health received federal funding last year to purchase telehealth tools to help patients access care during the coronavirus pandemic, those in charge of the program realized they...
The Community Care Network of Kansas is distributing more than 44,000 connected health devices to 18 community health centers around the state to help expand a telehealth program serving thousands of...
The coronavirus pandemic, now creeping into its second year, has given federal regulators mountains of data on telehealth. Now it’s up to the National Quality Forum to develop a framework for...
Two Massachusetts healthcare providers are taking part in a federally funded in study to determine how telehealth can be used to facilitate advance care planning for patients with life-threatening...
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...
Maryland lawmakers are moving forward with emergency legislation designed to make it easier for school-based health centers to offer telehealth.
HB 34/SB 278, introduced by State Sen. Cheryl Kagan,...
A new coalition of healthcare providers aims to make the home a more acceptable – and permanent - site for care, including telehealth and remote patient monitoring.
Moving Health Home announced...
An mHealth platform that automates contact tracing is helping Methodist Hospital of Southern California reduce COVID-19 exposure, as well as boosting staff morale and restoring public faith in a...
A coalition of more than 30 Illinois healthcare providers and groups is throwing its support behind a state bill that would, among other things, establish payment parity for telehealth services and...
Federal authorities are cracking down on telehealth fraud and misuse during the coronavirus pandemic, and that has the attention of advocates who worry that connected health may be getting a bad rap in...
Two more telehealth bills have resurfaced on Capitol Hill, joining a growing package of legislation aimed at improving connected health coverage and access after the coronavirus pandemic.
US Reps....
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...
A North Carolina health system is placing telehealth kiosks in high-traffic areas around the community to help residents who can’t access telehealth at home.
UNC Health Southeastern is opening...
When the Blessing Health System recently launched a remote patient monitoring program to provide care for newly-discharged COVID-19 patients, officials were quick to point out that the platform would...
Some 46 telehealth programs across the country will receive funding in the latest round of Distant Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grants from the US Department of Agriculture.
In all, the USDA is...
Washington state lawmakers are working on legislation that would set specific guidelines for use and coverage of audio-only telehealth platforms, such as the phone.
HB 1196, sponsored by State Rep....
