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 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...
Like many specialty healthcare providers, speech and language pathologists have leveraged telehealth during the pandemic to treat their patients. But a new study from the Journal of Speech, Language,...
UPMC is expanding its telehealth network to offer more access to pediatric specialists.
The Pittsburgh-based health system announced that it’s now offering virtual care appointments for families...
UnitedHealthcare is launching a new program in Tennessee that will use remote patient monitoring to monitor the health and progress of mothers-to-be.
The insurer is partnering with the Nashville-based...
North Carolina will now allow dentists to offer telehealth services.
Governor Roy Cooper recently signed into law SB 146, which sets standards for the practice of teledentistry in the state. Among...
A North Carolina hospice is getting a $36,000 grant to support its two-year-old telehealth service.
The Hospice of Davidson County, based in Lexington, is getting funding from the Foundation for a...
Federal officials aren’t willing to endorse Medicare coverage for telehealth services in diabetes prevention programs.
As part of the proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule released this week, the...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is expanding its telehealth platform to help diagnose and treat patients with vision problems.
UAB Eye Care, a clinical division of UAB’s School of...
VA healthcare providers in Wyoming are adding telehealth services to their eye care program to serve distant veterans in the rural state.
The Cheyenne VA Medical Center has acquired a mobile health...
As the nation eases itself out of the pandemic, healthcare providers are adjusting to a new reality that mixes in-person care with telehealth. Many are approaching these hybrid healthcare models with a...
The federal government is investing more than $14 million in telehealth programs that integrate behavioral health services into pediatric primary care.
The Health and Human Services Department is...
The American Academy of Neurology is joining the effort to compel Congress to extend telehealth coverage past the pandemic, saying connected health will continue to be a valuable tool to help...
A vendor-initiated study on remote patient monitoring programs that address patients with cardiac disease finds that many are missing out on important clinical and financial benefits.
Conducted by RPM...
A recent pilot program has found that an mHealth game platform tailored for children with Autism not only improves behavioral health outcomes – it also reduces stress in parents.
The...
Veterinarians are suing the state of California for the right to use telehealth.
A federal lawsuit has been filed this week by several veterinarians and the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of...
Federal officials are making $12 million available for three projects that aim to approve maternal and obstetrics care for underserved populations in rural America, and they expect telehealth to be...
Healthcare providers and researchers who are looking into how telehealth can be used to treat patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases could score some extra funding for their work.
The...
The COVID-19 threat pushed more people onto telehealth platforms for cardiovascular care, according to new research out of Cedars-Sinai. But it also led to fewer tests and medications.
Those takeaways...
The battle over using telehealth to conduct eye exams has surfaced in Michigan, where lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow virtual exams for prescribing contact lenses.
HB 4356, introduced...
