Healthcare providers have moved beyond telemedicine pilots and our now looking to expand existing platforms, according to a new survey from Foley & Lardner.
The global law firm with a strong...
Calling it a “life and death issue for rural America,” some 35 healthcare providers and a coalition of schools, libraries and health centers are urging Congress to double the amount of...
A Texas health system is launching a telemedicine project to equip rural EMS providers in West Texas with digital health tools, including a telemedicine backpack.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences...
A mobile health service started more than 30 years ago out of the back of a Volkswagen is using telehealth, mHealth devices and even drones to improve healthcare access and outcomes in one of the most...
With teleneurology and telestroke services quickly becoming commonplace in health systems across the country, a workgroup has developed a standardized curriculum for healthcare providers using the...
Florida’s UF Health Jacksonville will be using a $2.2 million federal grant to tailor a rural telemedicine program to treat patients with HIV in one of the state’s largest urban areas.
The...
The University of Mississippi Medical Center has been named a National Telehealth Center of Excellence, the second health system to earn the federal distinction.
Jackson-based UMMC was recognized for...
The Medical University of South Carolina has been named a Telehealth Center of Excellence, and given a three-year federal grant to become a model for telehealth and telemedicine programs across the...
For about 20 children in Joplin, Mo., with chronic illnesses, a video screen offers a chance at a healthier life.
That screen is part of a telemedicine platform run by Children’s Mercy Hospital...
At its heart, the telehealth or telemedicine platform is all about connecting the patient to the doctor for primary care services.
That’s where it all began: a virtual connection to treat a nagging cough or cold, a sinus infection...
Telemedicine abortions are as safe as those done by doctors in a clinic or hospital, according to the latest research from the University of California San Francisco.
The large-scale study of some...
A recent study found that a mobile health platform can cause an increase in office visits and a decrease in new business. Now telehealth advocates are saying that study could actually help the...
The success of telehealth has always been closely tied to the idea of bringing healthcare to those who have problems with access.
To the 700 or so residents of several islands off Maine’s...
A new program in Pennsylvania plans to use telemedicine to help nurses identify and treat sexual assault victims.
The Penn State College of Nursing is using a Justice Department grant to launch the...
Women who have access to abortion services via telemedicine could save thousands of dollars by using the platform for follow-up care instead of going to the nearest hospital ER.
That’s the...
Anthem is expanding its strategy of denying payments for unnecessary ER visits, a move that could push more consumers across the country toward telehealth or mHealth services.
The insurer, which...
Jonathan Linkous is stepping down after 24 years as the leader of the nation’s largest telehealth and telemedicine advocacy group.
The American Telemedicine Association announced Linkous’...
Healthcare providers, organizations and vendors interested in knowing more about telemedicine and telehealth have a ready resource at their fingertips: a network of telehealth resource centers covering every region of the...
A Washington, D.C.-based health system known for its telehealth services to the maritime industry is bolstering its telemedicine platform to treat deployed military personnel around the globe.
The...
Congress and telemedicine advocates are jumping on the bandwagon to open up so-called TV white space for telehealth and other uses.
A bipartisan group of 43 members of Congress is urging the Federal...