Virtual Care

FL Health System to Launch Virtual Sitting, Nursing Capabilities

by Mark Melchionna

Orlando Health is deploying a platform known as ThinkAndor to begin virtual sitting and virtual nursing resources to enhance virtual inpatient experiences. Created by Andor Health, ThinkAndor is a...

How PCP Perception of Telehealth in US Compares to Other Countries

by Anuja Vaidya

A new report details how US primary care physicians' (PCPs) perceptions of telehealth differ from PCPs in 10 other countries, including that more PCPs in the US believe telehealth allowed them to...

Digital Therapeutics Provider Files for Bankruptcy, Cuts 92% of Workforce

by Anuja Vaidya

Digital therapeutics pioneer Pear Therapeutics has filed for bankruptcy, noting plans to sell the business or its assets. Founded in 2013, the company provides software-based prescription therapeutics...

Federal Funding to Boost Telehealth Services for Vulnerable Groups in NY

by Anuja Vaidya

Federal funding will help expand telehealth services for numerous underserved groups in Western New York. US Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) has secured $2 million in the federal 2023 budget to...

Program Aims to Provide School-Based, Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

by Mark Melchionna

Led by Hallowell-based MCD Global Health (MCD), an effort that began in the spring of 2022 aims to provide students at Woodland Elementary and Woodland Junior-Senior High School in Baileyville, Maine,...

Collaboration Aims to Assist Veterans Through Virtual Reality Solutions

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of assisting veterans in accessing necessary care, the VA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) partnered with Penumbra to create and test virtual reality (VR)...

Telehealth Use Declines Across Primary Care Specialties

by Anuja Vaidya

Following a spike in telehealth use in 2020, usage dropped by over 30 percent across various primary care specialties in 2021 and 2022, according to data released by FAIR Health. In a report released...

Leveraging a Digital Health App to Address Anemia, Maternal Health

by Anuja Vaidya

About eight years ago, Huiri Kim was told that she might be anemic. She then did what many people with anemia symptoms tend to do — ignore them and hope they go away. "About 3 million people in the US have anemia, but I think a lot...

Healthcare Groups Urge DEA to Modify Virtual Prescribing Rules

by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare trade associations, mental healthcare organizations, and providers are noting their concerns about the Drug Enforcement Administration's proposed rules governing telehealth-based...

CMS Establishes Reimbursement Pathway for Virtual Reality Program

by Anuja Vaidya

For the first time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code for a virtual reality program. The...

Virtual Care Startups Receive Funding, Payer Partnership Opportunities

by Mark Melchionna

The UCSF Rosenman Institute has selected virtual care startups Welfie and Moving Analytics as awardees of the 2022 UCSF Rosenman ADAPT Program (ADAPT), providing them with funding and allowing them to...

Collab to Expand Medicaid Access to Virtual Maternal-Fetal Healthcare

by Anuja Vaidya

MedArrive is partnering with Ouma Health, a maternity-focused telehealth services provider, to expand access to maternal-fetal healthcare among Medicaid beneficiaries in their homes. MedArrive...

MO Health System Strikes Partnership to Launch Hospital-at-Home Care

by Mark Melchionna

A new partnership between St. Louis-based Mercy health system and Maribel Health aims to develop clinically appropriate, at-home care programs that leverage in-person and virtual care, including a new...

How a Telehealth Partnership is Expanding Critical Care for Newborns

by Anuja Vaidya

Amid a maternal and infant care crisis brewing in rural America, some hospitals are banding together to ensure vital access to care is not disrupted. One of the key tools being used to enhance care access is telehealth. More than half of...

ChristianaCare Launches Virtual Primary Care to Improve Patient Access

by Mark Melchionna

ChristianaCare has launched a virtual primary care practice that aims to allow patients to build and maintain relationships with a primary care team through various communication channels. Based in...

Virtual Behavioral Health Use Increases 45-Fold During Pandemic

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth-delivered behavioral health services spiked 45-fold since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from market research firm Trilliant Health. To assess behavioral health...

How Telehealth Policy is Evolving at the State Level

by Anuja Vaidya

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred telehealth use to new heights, with policy changes and flexibilities enacted at the state and federal levels supporting the rapid integration of telehealth into routine care delivery. But now, with the public...

Virtual Care Team Strategy Boosts Heart Failure Therapy Uptake

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, new research describes a novel virtual care team strategy that successfully guided treatment strategies and boosted the uptake of...

Atrium Health, Best Buy Health Strike Hospital-at-Home Deal

by Anuja Vaidya

Atrium Health has entered into a three-year partnership with Best Buy Health to create new home-based acute care offerings and enhance its hospital-at-home program. A part of Advocate Health,...

Collaboration Aims to Enhance Access to Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

by Mark Melchionna

Amid a rapidly growing youth mental health crisis, Brightline and Evernorth Health Services have formed a partnership to support children and their families by expanding access to behavioral healthcare...

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