To enhance telehealth services, Loyola Medicine has implemented an American Sign Language (ASL) feature to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing patients participating in virtual appointments.
Spanish,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $43 million to support rural healthcare providers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and many plan to use the funds to expand telehealth...
Physician Partners of America (PPOA) and two of its leaders will pay $24.5 million to resolve allegations that they fraudulently billed federal and state healthcare programs for unnecessary medical...
People with anxiety and fear-related disorders tended to use telehealth more than in-person visits when seeking mental healthcare in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent...
Having medical assistants work with patients to connect to video visits could help narrow the digital divide, according to a new study conducted by Kaiser Permanente.
Published in JAMA Internal...
Phoenix-based Banner Health has launched a pilot program providing virtual consultations to support obstetrics care in rural communities.
The obstetrics telehealth project will connect family...
Using telehealth for postoperative visits did not increase the risk of readmission when compared with in-person postoperative visits following inpatient cancer surgery, according to a recent...
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, telehealth use skyrocketed, helping providers deliver quality healthcare when in-person services stalled. Though telehealth use has leveled off over the past year, providers and payers see the modality as a...
Alabama, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania are considering or have passed bills governing telehealth services.
In Alabama, the state Senate passed a bill that creates laws regulating...
MemorialCare in Fountain Valley, California, is partnering with TytoCare to enhance its telehealth services.
TytoCare provides virtual home examination and diagnosis solutions, including a hand-held...
A new bipartisan bill aims to enable employers to offer standalone telehealth programs — like dental and visions plans — in addition to traditional medical health plans.
Introduced in the...
The Wisconsin state government is making a $5 million investment in telehealth services.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, announced the investment,...
Carbon Health, a primary, mental health, and urgent care provider, is partnering with Hims & Hers Health to expand access to a range of virtual and in-person care services.
Headquartered in San...
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) abruptly switched to remote care methods, including audio-only care modalities, for non-urgent appointments, according...
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has launched a tele-emergency department at its UPMC Kane facility.
Launched earlier this month, this is the first tele-ED in Pennsylvania, according to the press release....
A Project ECHO telementoring program that involved primary care providers resulted in a decrease in hospitalizations among Medicaid patients with diabetes, according to a new study.
Project ECHO...
Physicians affiliated with direct-to-consumer telemedicine platforms prescribed antibiotics more frequently than health system-employed physicians who provide virtual care, raising concerns about...
More than two-thirds of telehealth providers said they use audio-only modalities to offer telehealth services, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Medical Association.
The survey...
The Federal Communications Commission has selected 16 new Connected Care Pilot Program projects to receive $29.7 million in funding.
This is the fourth and final set of approved projects under the...
Aspiring to enhance the future of telemedicine, a study uses information from community mental health centers (CMHCs) to discover the various benefits and limitations that accompanied virtual care...
