Florida lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow school systems to use telehealth to connect behavioral health counselors to students in crisis situations.
SB 590 and HB 7035, both approved by...
A University of Massachusetts researcher is studying whether mHealth games can help seniors living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Sunghoon Ivan Lee, an assistant professor in the College of...
A Massachusetts-based consortium of federally qualified health centers is using telehealth to address barriers to access caused by social determinants of health.
The FQHC Telehealth Consortium, a...
South Shore Health is adding remote patient monitoring capabilities to its Mobile Integrated Health program, giving the one-year-old program telehealth and mHealth tools that aim to improve care...
Federal officials have awarded almost $13 million in funding to help healthcare providers use telehealth and other services to address rural health disparities.
Some 61 organizations across 35 states...
A Georgia health system is launching a telehealth program aimed at putting its providers at the scene of emergency calls to help treat patients before they reach the hospital.
Emory Healthcare is...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has rejected a telehealth bill recently approved by the state’s Legislature because it doesn’t go far enough.
Murphy conditionally vetoed SB 619 and A 1635,...
The Better Medicare Alliance is touting support from more than 30 health systems and healthcare organizations for a bill that would establish Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services in...
Intermountain Healthcare has announced plans to acquire an air medical transport company, a move that officials say will also improve its telehealth program.
The Salt Lake City-based health system...
A Texas trucking company is using an mHealth app and telehealth platform to significantly improve healthcare access and outcomes for its employees.
L&F Distributors, based in McAllen, found that...
Healthcare providers interested in taking part in the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program will have seven days to submit applications, beginning on April 29.
The FCC...
Healthcare providers have, for the most part, enjoyed success in adopting – and adapting to – telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic. And many are planning for a post-pandemic future...
The Biden Administration is supporting the use of telehealth to facilitate medication abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Acting US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock...
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...
Remote patient programs don’t just automatically work out. They have to be carefully planned and developed in order to gain traction and produce results. Most importantly, they have to target the...
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 American Medical Association is lobbying for permanent Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services.
In a letter to Acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
North Dakota lawmakers have shot down a pilot project to study payment parity for telehealth services, saying the idea of charging the same rate for virtual and in-person care would be...
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...
A Massachusetts-based health system that saw a more than 50 percent decrease in office visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic is using mHealth to make sure patients are still getting the...
