Five nationally recognized children’s hospitals are getting $48 million in federal funding to launch a Regional Pediatric Pandemic Network, which will use telehealth to share best practices and...
As healthcare organizations launch remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs to connect with underserved populations, some health systems are using the opportunity to establish new partnerships...
A new study out of the University of California at San Francisco finds that an overwhelming number of patients who underwent telemedicine abortions at a California clinic during the height of the...
The federal government is spending almost $11 million in stimulus funding on telehealth programs that expand access to pediatric mental health services.
The Health and Human Services Department...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved 62 projects for funding under the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The projects are the first to be approved in the second round of the program, which...
Roughly three-quarters of the nation’s large businesses expanded their telehealth programs for employees during the pandemic, and many may use those channels in the future to address social...
As health systems develop their own telehealth strategies to weather the COVID-19 storm, they’re putting that knowledge down on paper – virtually – to help other providers looking to...
mHealth apps for patients with chronic diseases work best if they allow the patient to share data with his or her care provider and offer personalized resources.
Yet a recent analysis of 10 top apps...
One of the biggest challenges to telehealth adoption is digital literacy. Patients won’t embrace new technology if they don’t know how to use it.
Over the past few years, healthcare...
Remote patient monitoring is an ideal strategy for large health systems looking to create an effective population health program – but it can also be a nice way for small practices and...
Senior living centers in Massachusetts and California will be taking part in an mHealth study to determine how a virtual reality platform might help seniors dealing with the negative impacts of social...
The pandemic has proven the value of telehealth to parents, according to a recent survey by Nemours Children’s Health. But it has also highlighted the need to continue emphasizing the value of...
House Democrats have introduced a resolution aimed at pressuring the federal government to loosen the reins on telehealth for abortion services.
US Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House...
Physicians at the Mount Sinai Health System have developed an mHealth application to improve care coordination and speed up care delivery for heart attack patients.
The app seeks to improve health...
The federal government is investing more than $19 million in key telehealth initiatives, including the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) and Telehealth Centers of Excellence...
Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Montana over recently-passed legislation that would ban the use of telehealth in abortions.
The national organization’s Montana chapter has filed a...
The American Board of Telehealth has launched a new certificate program aimed at helping primary care providers deliver virtual care.
The South Dakota-based organization has unveiled a Teleprimary...
A new report finds that the Department of Veterans Affairs used remote patient monitoring to provide care for more than 23,500 veterans during the height of the pandemic, interacting with thousands of...
The federal government is making up to $500 million in grants available for telehealth, mobile integrated health and other programs that help rural communities access healthcare, nutrition assistance...
One of the early front-runners in proving the value of telehealth is through telestroke services, where the technology has literally saved lives.
Healthcare providers have used telemedicine to treat...