The Federation of State Medical Boards has launched an online platform aimed at helping hard-hit health systems bring in extra clinical help through telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic.
The...
Health systems and home healthcare agencies who have expanded their telehealth footprint to offer home health services during the coronavirus pandemic may soon be facing federal scrutiny.
The Health...
Telehealth policy and new methods for connected care will figure prominently in healthcare during 2021, and Xtelligent Healthcare Media will be there to explore it.
In a special edition of our...
As healthcare providers look to launch or expand their telehealth networks, a key ingredient to success and sustainability is a staff that knows how to use the technology.
A telehealth bill introduced...
Some of the largest telehealth programs in the country are among 14 selected for the first round of grants from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connected Care Pilot Program.
The...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has announced plans to permanently extend emergency telehealth rules enacted during the coronavirus pandemic.
The governor announced this week that she would introduce...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made corrections to the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, opening the door to improved reimbursement for remote patient monitoring.
In a January 19...
The Mount Sinai Health System is launching a telehealth program aimed at improving care management for cancer patients at home.
The New York health system will be sending high-risk oncology patients...
Fourteen federally qualified health centers on six islands in Hawai’i are getting $1.3 million to launch or expand telehealth services.
The grants, coming from the Freeman Foundation and...
With its nursing corps stretched thin, a Pennsylvania health system is using college students to support its new in-patient telehealth program.
The St. Luke’s University Health Network has hired...
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...
The Alliance for Connected Care is putting pressure on lawmakers at both the state and federal levels to relax licensing barriers that interfere with multi-state telehealth programs.
The alliance has...
A Florida state legislator is using the “addition by subtraction” approach in an effort to improve the state’s telehealth regulations.
HB 247, introduced this week by State Rep. Tom...
A new partnership among telehealth and digital health organizations aims to create a framework for healthcare providers developing “virtual first” programs.
The IMPACT (vIrtual-first...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is aiming to put his state at the front of the line in telehealth access and coverage with a wide-ranging legislative proposal that, among other things, eliminates...
A new study finds that the sharp increase in telehealth use during the height of the coronavirus pandemic was driven more by people seeking mental health services than for physical ailments.
The...
Federal officials are investing $8 million in a new pilot aimed at expanding broadband connectivity for telehealth programs in four states.
The Health and Human Services Department, through the Health...
Apple is partnering with biotech company Biogen on a new research study that will test the value of mHealth wearables in detecting early signs of cognitive impairment.
The multi-year study, to be...
A telehealth program implemented in 2017 at a California independent living facility didn’t help reduce hospitalizations – because staff were opposed to using the technology.
That’s...
Federal officials are seeking public comments on plans to restart the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which last year provided funding for broadband expansion and other connected health resources to...
