Maryland lawmakers are launching two separate efforts to expand telehealth access in their state beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The Legislature is moving forward with a bill aimed at permanently...
Researchers in Arizona are launching a global study that aims to use mHealth wearables and apps, AI bots and a telehealth platform to monitor and treat COVID-19 patients at home, thereby reducing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Global health technology leader Royal Philips and continuous health monitoring company BioIntelliSense will receive nearly $2.8 million from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to validate...
A telehealth platform that includes mHealth wearables and a text messaging platform helped healthcare providers at Penn Medicine reduce rehospitalizations by 75 percent among patients who’d had...
Many remote patient monitoring programs aim to prevent health emergencies for patients with chronic conditions, but these programs tend to still be in the early stages of development, according to the...
Telehealth advocates are lobbying Congress to get something done before the end of the year to ensure continued access to and coverage of telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a...
A New York hospital is developing a telehealth platform that will enable care providers to manage orthopedic patients at home through the Apple Watch.
The Hospital for Special Surgery (HHS), an...
The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule isn’t knocking anyone over with optimism for the future of telehealth adoption.
Reactions to last week’s final draft from the Centers for Medicare &...
Telehealth and remote patient monitoring will see significant improvements in Medicare coverage in 2021.
The long-awaited 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, unveiled on Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare...
Six health systems across the country are expanding their telehealth platform to treat patients at home under a new program launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Acute...
New safe harbors proposed for the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute could help providers expand their telehealth and remote patient monitoring platforms.
A Final Rule issued last week by the...
Wearable devices have shown to be extremely effective in monitoring high risk patients post heart surgery in a new study, pointing to the benefits of mHealth and remote patient monitoring.
Atrial...
A survey of roughly 1,600 healthcare providers finds that almost 70 percent are motivated to use more telehealth because of the experiences they’ve had during the coronavirus pandemic – and...
