Telehealth utilization peaked in the first half of 2020 and decreased as the year came to a close, with providers predicting that virtual care use would continue to decline in upcoming years, according...
Chicago-based First Stop Health, a virtual care provider, has established a nationwide virtual primary care service.
The service is available via an application, website, or the telephone and...
Female, primary care, and behavioral health physicians were more likely to adopt virtual care early on during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to male and surgical specialty physicians, a study published...
Premise Health, a provider of healthcare services to self-funded employers, labor unions, and associations, is expanding its virtual care model by allowing members to choose a digital provider as their...
Hydrogen Health is extending its virtual primary care model to self-insured employers and insurers, including several Fortune 500 employers and regional health plans.
The company, a joint venture...
Telehealth visits for primary care services did not lead to any significant increases in in-person follow-up visits, hospitalizations, or prescription orders, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente...
Self-funded employer health plan Centivo has launched a virtual primary care offering that will be integrated into the payer’s core health plan.
The payer has taken the virtual-first route and...
The majority of telehealth users accessed virtual care services through their regular doctor or health plan, as opposed to direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms, according to new data from Morning...
Patients with limited English proficiency were less likely to use telehealth video visits when accessing virtual services during the pandemic compared to adults comfortable speaking English, a JAMA...
Telehealth company Teladoc Health launched a virtual primary care model and saw an increase in revenue and visit volume during the third quarter of 2021, according to its recent earnings report.
The...
Cigna is expanding its virtual care and telehealth platform by providing a greater array of virtual healthcare services for its members, increasing provider access to patient health information, and...
Consumer genetics and research company 23andMe has announced plans to acquire the telehealth platform Lemonaid Health to increase access to personalized primary care.
Following the merger, 23andMe...
Colorado’s Medicaid program is funding a three-year telehealth project aimed at offering virtual visits with neurologists to patients with Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease...
A Pacific Northwest payer is expanding its telehealth platform in hopes that its 3 million members will get the health and wellness checkups they’ve skipped during the pandemic.
Regence has...
A new study makes a strong case for telehealth as an alternative to the doctor’s office, particularly during flu season.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health,...
Store-and-forward or asynchronous telehealth often stays out of the headlines, but one community health network is using the telehealth modality to extend primary care services for their...
New research out of the University of California Davis finds that telehealth treatments for people with non-urgent mental health needs can be delivered via an asynchronous (store-and-forward) platform...
Nova Scotia is launching a telehealth program aimed at improving access to care for the more than 65,000 residents of the Canadian province who don’t have a primary care provider.
Nova Scotia...
A Texas trucking company is using an mHealth app and telehealth platform to significantly improve healthcare access and outcomes for its employees.
L&F Distributors, based in McAllen, found that...
There is no denying telehealth has played a critical role in care delivery throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the senior population – falsely accused of being slow adopters of new technology...
