Virtual Care

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...

Remote Patient Monitoring Use Skyrockets 1,300%

by Anuja Vaidya

The adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) has skyrocketed, with RPM claim volume increasing by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022, according to a new report. Released by data...

Telehealth Use Among Older, Rural, Uninsured Adults Spikes

by Anuja Vaidya

Groups with typically low telehealth use rates experienced year-over-year increases in 2022, according to new survey data from Rock Health. Rock Health conducted the survey between July 12 and August...

DEA Proposes Limits on Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances 

by Mark Melchionna

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has released proposed rules governing telehealth-based prescribing that extend some telehealth flexibilities but reinstate previous rules related to the...

MN Payer, Hybrid Care Provider Partner to Extend Rural Healthcare Access

by Anuja Vaidya

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross MN) has entered into a new collaboration with Homeward, a hybrid care provider focusing on rural healthcare. Blue Cross MN's Medicare Advantage...

GA Health System Expands Care-At-Home Program

by Mark Melchionna

Augusta University Health (AU Health) has entered into a partnership with Biofourmis to expand its Virtual Care at Home program across its continuum of care, providing various benefits to patients,...

Amazon Completes One Medical Acquisition

by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon has closed its much-anticipated $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care organization One Medical. The deal adds 188 in-person locations and virtual care options to...

4 Ways States Can Advance Telehealth Policy to Support Care Access

by Mark Melchionna

A policy brief created by the Reason Foundation, Cicero Institute, and Pioneer Institute described four areas where all 50 states had room for improvement in advancing telehealth policy to expand...

Less Than 1% of All Telehealth Visits Are for Cancer Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Oncology-related care encompassed less than 1 percent of all telehealth visits between 2020 and 2022, according to recent research. Conducted by market research firm Trilliant Health, the study aimed...

How Enabled Health Plans to Use Virtual Care to Help Seniors Age in Place

by Anuja Vaidya

In her two-plus decades in healthcare, Bethany Doran, MD, has observed how the traditional model for chronic disease management is falling short, especially for seniors. As a medical student in New York City and later as a cardiology...

New Collaboration to Expand Virtual Female Specialty Care Access

by Mark Melchionna

Lifepoint Health and Midi Health announced that they are collaborating to improve virtual specialty care access for older women experiencing symptoms associated with perimenopause and...

Partnership Adds Virtual Nursing Program to Improve Patient Safety

by Mark Melchionna

Mary Washington Healthcare is working in collaboration with Caregility to leverage its Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE) solution to support a virtual nursing program within Stafford Hospital. Mary...

UVA Health Strikes Telestroke Partnership in Central Virginia

by Anuja Vaidya

UVA Health is partnering with community healthcare organizations and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies to expand access to telestroke services in Central Virginia. The partnership, supported...

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
©2012-2024 TechTarget, Inc. Xtelligent Healthcare Media is a division of TechTarget. All rights reserved. HealthITAnalytics.com is published by Xtelligent Healthcare Media a division of TechTarget.