Telehealth Tools

NorthShore UHS Plans Telehealth Program to Monitor Discharged Patients

by Eric Wicklund

The NorthShore University HealthSystem is launching a telehealth program to track certain patients during and after the transition from hospital to home. The Chicago-based health systems is partnering...

Student-Based Non-Profit Secures mHealth Donations for Seniors

by Eric Wicklund

A national non-profit launched by a quartet of high school and college students aims to increase telehealth access by giving donated mHealth devices to those who need them the most. To date,...

Expanding the mHealth Platform to Address More Than Just Healthcare

by Eric Wicklund

With the coronavirus pandemic putting the squeeze on underserved populations, health plans are developing mHealth and telehealth tools that go beyond healthcare. Healthfirst, a provider-owned insurer...

NY-NJ Hospitals to Use Smart Clothes in COVID-19 Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

Several hospitals in New Jersey and New York will be using smart clothing in a telehealth program aimed at providing remote care for patients infected with or suspected of having the coronavirus. The...

CMS Proposes to Boost Telehealth Use in Home Dialysis Programs

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are throwing support behind telehealth and mHealth platform that would help providers extend dialysis treatment to the home. Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare &...

NCI Grants Help Cancer Care Centers Study Telehealth Effectiveness

by Eric Wicklund

Three prominent cancer care centers have been awarded grants from the National Cancer Institute to examine how telehealth has helped improve care management and coordination during the coronavirus...

Banner Health’s New Telemedicine Platform Enables In-Patient Monitoring

by Eric Wicklund

Caught in the throes of one of the current coronavirus hotspots, Arizona’s Banner Health is using telemedicine technology to transform televisions into remote monitoring platforms to care for...

NC Health System’s New mHealth Platform Uses Drones to Deliver Supplies

by Eric Wicklund

Wake Forest Baptist Health has expanded its mHealth platform with new drone delivery services – including PPE shipments for healthcare providers working with COVID-19 patients. The North...

For Senior Facilities, an mHealth Platform is a Good First Step to Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

For senior living facilities eyeing telehealth to improve care and staff workloads, an mHealth messaging platform may be the best place to start. CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior...

Florida Health System Includes Telehealth With the House Warming Gift

by Eric Wicklund

A Florida housebuilder is selling telehealth with new homes, aiming to capitalize on the trend toward home-based connected health. CC Homes, based on Coral Gables, has partnered with Baptist Health to...

University of Miami Uses Telehealth to Remotely Treat Student-Athletes

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Miami has launched a telehealth program to monitor the health of student-athletes, trainers and other athletic department staff, and may deploy the technology across the campus if...

mHealth Researchers Explore the Telehealth Value of a Tattoo

by Eric Wicklund

mHealth researchers at the University of Missouri are developing temporary tattoos that could someday serve a wide range of uses in telehealth. Once the domain of sailors, athletes, artists and...

Community Broadband Programs Bring Telehealth to Underserved Populations

by Eric Wicklund

The key to telehealth expansion in underserved communities, says Craig Settles, may very well be the development of community broadband programs. Settles, a broadband and telehealth consultant, says...

Senators Seek Telehealth Expansion for Substance Abuse Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before the Senate aims to expand the telehealth platform for substance abuse treatment. Introduced last week by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Telehealth...

mHealth Sensors Help Hospitals Monitor Vitals in In-Patient Units

by Eric Wicklund

A Michigan hospital is using mHealth sensors attached to a patient’s bed to remotely monitor vital signs, and executives see a future for the telehealth platform that goes beyond the success...

Telecritical Care Expands Telehealth From the ICU to Where It’s Needed

by Eric Wicklund

As healthcare providers launch telehealth programs to improve critical care management and coordination, they’re seeing value far beyond the ICU. Indeed, as the coronavirus pandemic taxes...

FCC Boosts Rural Health Program Funding to Support Telehealth Expansion

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are adding almost $200 million to a fund designed to help rural healthcare providers expand their broadband resources, giving them more opportunities to improve the reach of their...

FCC Closes Applications for COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communications Commission has stopped accepting applications for its COVID-19 Telehealth Program, and expects to use up the $200 million fund in July The news came alongside a report...

Michigan Governor Signs New Telehealth Coverage Guidelines Into Law

by Eric Wicklund

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a handful of bills aimed at expanding telehealth in the state, giving providers more Medicaid coverage and the leeway to use remote patient...

CMS Moves to Make COVID-19 Home Health Telehealth Expansion Permanent

by Eric Wicklund

Federal regulators are moving to permanently expand telehealth coverage for home health care services. In a June 25 notice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a proposed rule to...

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