A new report finds that the Department of Veterans Affairs used remote patient monitoring to provide care for more than 23,500 veterans during the height of the pandemic, interacting with thousands of...
The federal government is making up to $500 million in grants available for telehealth, mobile integrated health and other programs that help rural communities access healthcare, nutrition assistance...
One of the early front-runners in proving the value of telehealth is through telestroke services, where the technology has literally saved lives.
Healthcare providers have used telemedicine to treat...
CVS Health has launched a new payer-backed telehealth platform that combines in-person and virtual care for self-funded businesses.
The nationwide launch of Aetna Virtual Primary Care shakes up a...
Telecommunications companies that pivoted to telehealth during the pandemic are now integrating new services into the platform to support virtual care and remote patient monitoring.
The latest to do...
A federal judge has shot down Indiana’s ban on telemedicine abortions.
US District Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled on Tuesday that state laws banning telehealth and requiring in-person exams by a...
UPMC is expanding its telehealth network to offer more access to pediatric specialists.
The Pittsburgh-based health system announced that it’s now offering virtual care appointments for families...
Independent medical practices are emerging from the chaos of the pandemic on stronger footing – thanks in no small part to telehealth.
A new report from Kareo finds that more than half the...
A Montana Congressman wants to improve rural healthcare access by ensuring Medicare coverage for asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth programs throughout the country.
The Rural Telehealth...
A program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital that uses elements of telehealth and remote patient monitoring helped the Boston-based hospital care for 65 acutely ill patients at home during the...
The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers saw the most telehealth visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent review of Medicare claims.
The analysis of...
UnitedHealthcare is launching a new program in Tennessee that will use remote patient monitoring to monitor the health and progress of mothers-to-be.
The insurer is partnering with the Nashville-based...
While the pandemic prompted an unprecedented surge in telehealth to address healthcare needs, it also highlighted the gap between those who can access care and those who can’t.
Now health...
Lawmakers are once again eyeing a thorough evaluation of telehealth services offered during the coronavirus pandemic through Medicare and Medicaid.
That’s the gist of the Evaluating Disparities...
The Wake Forest School of Medicine is launching five separate projects that will use telehealth and remote patient monitoring in determining how social determinants of health access to care.
A sixth...
A handful of Medicaid programs in Kansas are partnering with an addiction treatment company to give members access to care through telehealth.
Aetna Better Health of Kansas, Sunflower Health...
Avera Health is selling its telehealth business line, sending one of the nation’s largest and most innovative connected health programs into the private sector.
The South Dakota-based health...
North Carolina will now allow dentists to offer telehealth services.
Governor Roy Cooper recently signed into law SB 146, which sets standards for the practice of teledentistry in the state. Among...
Hawai’i is launching a new program to bring digital literacy and telehealth services to libraries in underserved parts of the state.
The state’s Department of Health is partnering with the...
A new bill before Congress aims to expand the use of telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics and other connected health programs through demonstration projects for Medicare...
