Costco, Sesame Partner to Offer Telehealth Visits at Discount Prices
Wholesale retailer Costco and healthcare marketplace platform Sesame have partnered to offer Costco members several outpatient healthcare services, including virtual visits, at a...New Texas Telehealth Institute Aims to Boost Rural Healthcare Access
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is establishing an institute focused on expanding and enhancing healthcare delivery through digital technologies. The TTUHSC Institute of...Virtual Nursing, Sitting Platforms Help Alleviate Staff Shortages
Healthcare professionals appear satisfied with their virtual nursing and sitting solutions, with a majority noting that they have positively impacted staffing issues, according to a new KLAS...Why an Orthopedic Clinic Opened a Virtual Practice in the Metaverse
As demand for convenient digital access to healthcare services grows among United States consumers, provider organizations are leveraging numerous tools to bolster their digital healthcare offerings. From online scheduling to virtual...Hybrid Care Could Help Curb Disparities in Healthcare Utilization
A new study revealed fewer differences in healthcare utilization by race and ethnicity and preferred language when a mix of virtual and in-person care options was available to patients versus when only...Healthcare Marketplace Releases Patient Engagement Solution Suite
Zocdoc, a platform enabling patients to find and book in-person or virtual appointments, is releasing a free suite of tools to help healthcare providers reach and manage patient care more...Providers See Virtual Nursing as Potential Recruitment Opportunity
As virtual nursing efforts spread across health systems, a new survey shows that 75 percent of healthcare professionals view virtual nursing as a recruitment opportunity to hire nurses who cannot or...Providers Make Impassioned Plea for Virtual Prescribing Flexibilities
At the United States Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) listening sessions on September 12 and 13, healthcare stakeholders argued for permanently extending pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled...Mass General Brigham to Expand Hospital-at-Home Services
Mass General Brigham is expanding its hospital-at-home program to three community hospital sites in Massachusetts: Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Salem...How Best Buy’s Geek Squad is Boosting RPM Tech Support at Geisinger
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is changing the face of chronic disease management as we know it. Clinicians no longer have to depend on inconsistent and potentially inaccurate data on patients with chronic conditions, as RPM can enable...Multiracial Individuals More Likely to Use Telehealth Abortion Services
Individuals who reported being multiracial were more likely to use telehealth to obtain medication abortion services than their White peers, according to new research published in JAMA Network...ATA Submits Recommendations for Telehealth Prescription Flexibility
ATA Action, the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), has submitted recommendations to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on creating a special registration...32% of Behavioral Health Patients Do Not Get the Visit Type They Want
The demand for behavioral healthcare has skyrocketed, but a new study shows that nearly one-third of behavioral healthcare patients do not get their preferred choice between telehealth and in-person...Texas Pilots EMS Telehealth Project to Extend Trauma Care
Texas is piloting a new project that will bring telehealth services to emergency medical services (EMS) settings in an effort to extend trauma care access in rural areas. The Texas House of...Healthcare Wearables Can Help Increase Physical Activity Among Seniors
Though the adoption of wearable devices is low among older adults, their use can help boost physical activity within this population, new research shows. Wearable device development is skyrocketing,...Using Translational Research to Support the Evolution of Virtual Care
With the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the conversations surrounding virtual care have shifted. Organizations are less concerned with the rapid deployment of telehealth, instead turning their attention to assessing the...11% of Telehealth Visits Result in In-Person Follow-Up for Same Reason
While the majority of telehealth visits do not result in in-person follow-ups within a week, the fraction of virtual visits that do are for behavioral health and chronic condition issues, new research...Sponsored Article
