Numerous industry groups and healthcare stakeholders are requesting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue allowing healthcare providers to conduct telehealth services from...
GNC, a global retailer selling health and nutrition products, is launching a virtual care service offering members three tiers of care.
Called GNC Health, the virtual care service provides individuals...
Black cancer patients prefer in-person care, partly due to a perceived lack of interpersonal connectedness, according to recent research.
Virtual care uptake has been low among Black populations, with...
Using telehealth to begin opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment is linked to high retention in treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a new study.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study...
New research shows that the rate of in-person follow-up visits was low following phone and video visits for primary care but still higher than after in-person appointments.
The study, conducted by the...
Walgreens, one of the largest pharmacy store chains in the United States, made headlines late last week when it announced plans to enter the virtual care arena. The news spotlights retailers' advantages in virtual care, even amid a...
The shift to telebehavioral healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to fewer disruptions in psychotherapy services, indicating telehealth can be effective in supporting the continuity of...
Virtual care modalities have been lauded for their ability to connect patients to healthcare quickly and conveniently. While not all types of care are suited to virtual delivery, certain services, like specialty consultations, can be...
Cigna’s pharmacy, care, and benefits solution division Evernorth Health Services is acquiring Bright.md, adding asynchronous telehealth, triage, and care navigation services to its MDLIVE virtual...
In the face of unflagging resistance from the healthcare industry, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said they will lift proposed...
NYC Health + Hospitals launched a telehealth abortion service, becoming the first public health system in the United States to offer one.
The service, available through Virtual ExpressCare, aims to...
Specialty group providers and hospital leaders do not view new entrants into the healthcare market as a major threat, noting that patient loyalty is in their favor, according to a new report.
The...
Wholesale retailer Costco and healthcare marketplace platform Sesame have partnered to offer Costco members several outpatient healthcare services, including virtual visits, at a...
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is establishing an institute focused on expanding and enhancing healthcare delivery through digital technologies.
The TTUHSC Institute of...
A new study revealed fewer differences in healthcare utilization by race and ethnicity and preferred language when a mix of virtual and in-person care options was available to patients versus when only...
As virtual nursing efforts spread across health systems, a new survey shows that 75 percent of healthcare professionals view virtual nursing as a recruitment opportunity to hire nurses who cannot or...
At the United States Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) listening sessions on September 12 and 13, healthcare stakeholders argued for permanently extending pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled...
The percentage of asynchronous telehealth claim lines for mental health conditions increased nationwide, with a particularly sharp rise in the Midwest, where it doubled between May and June, according...
Individuals who reported being multiracial were more likely to use telehealth to obtain medication abortion services than their White peers, according to new research published in JAMA Network...
ATA Action, the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), has submitted recommendations to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on creating a special registration...
