At-home care programs have proliferated across the country in recent years, primarily driven by the regulatory flexibilities and the in-person care constraints that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Deploying these programs require...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
Microsoft is adding several new features to its Teams platform to support virtual visits.
These include a feature that enables patients to request appointments with their providers within...
The Chatham University School of Health Sciences has launched a telehealth certification course to train healthcare professionals in providing effective virtual care consultations.
The Telehealth...
Hackensack Meridian Health has established a hospital-at-home program at JFK University Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey.
The program will enable the hospital to provide acute care for Medicare...
The highest rates of telehealth visits were among those with government-sponsored insurance, Black individuals, and those older than 65, according to a new federal report. These groups also had higher...
Clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) helped address virtual care disparities for patients with limited English proficiency by increasing access to telehealth platforms, ensuring privacy...
Video visits for chronic disease treatment are as safe and effective as in-person care, according to a new study.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, aimed to assess the benefits...
Though the popularity of telehealth has grown over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of global telehealth providers have experienced cases where patients refused to participate in a...
Amazon is ramping up its connected health platform with new services designed to expand Alexa’s capabilities in healthcare organizations and senior living facilities.
Offered through the Alexa...
The Consumer Technology Association has created standards for the use of digital therapeutics in an effort to define and establish value for the mHealth platform.
“The biggest challenge in the...
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) is collaborating with the US Food and Drug Administration and some heavy hitters in the technology market to develop best practices for integrating mHealth sensors...
The key to success in today’s business world is online presence, and that’s no different in healthcare. A healthcare organization needs to have an appealing and convenient entry to virtual...
A remote patient monitoring platform managed by a pharmacist helped to improve outcomes for patients living with type 2 diabetes, according to a study out of the St. Joseph’s/Candler (SJ/C)...
The University of New England will become a center of telehealth education in Maine thanks to a new program funded by the US Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) that aims to increase...
Researchers are developing an mHealth wearable that might someday take the sting out of vaccine shots and make them more effective as well.
Teams from Stanford University and the University of North...
