Virtual Care

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...

Clinician Use of Video, Audio-Only Telehealth for OUD Treatment Drops

by Anuja Vaidya

Telehealth use among clinicians who treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) dropped from 56.7 percent in December 2020 to 41.5 percent in March 2022, according to a recent survey. Published in...

Partnership Aims to Enhance Remote Examination Capabilities

by Mark Melchionna

Overlake Medical Center and Clinics recently partnered with virtual care company TytoCare to add remote examination devices with the aim of improving virtual care capabilities and healthcare...

Collab to Expand Virtual Therapy Access for Musculoskeletal Disorders

by Mark Melchionna

A new collaboration between MSU Health Care and RecoveryOne aims to improve community health and reduce costs through the implementation of new virtual care options for patients with musculoskeletal...

Which Virtual Care Vendors Won Best in KLAS 2023 Awards?

by Anuja Vaidya

Elation Health, Caregility, Doximity, and Health Recovery Solutions came out on top in the 2023 Best in KLAS Software & Services awards for virtual care solutions. KLAS, a research and insights...

NJ Health Systems Strike Digital Maternity Care Partnership

by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare Transformation Consortium (HTC), a collaborative of independent health systems in New Jersey, has entered into a partnership with health technology company Wildflower Health to launch a...

Report: CVS Closes in on $10.5B Oak Street Health Acquisition

by Anuja Vaidya

Editor's note: CVS confirmed on Feb. 8 that it will buy Oak Street Health for $10.6 billion, or $39 a share. Oak Street Health will become part of CVS Health's Health Care...

Collaboration Aims to Enhance Virtual Care Access in Virginia

by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a large federal grant, UVA Health and a Southwest Virginia-based coalition of healthcare groups aim to enhance virtual healthcare access to help improve outcomes for COVID-19 patients...

Follow-up Care Slightly More Common After Audio-Only Telehealth Visits

by Anuja Vaidya

Follow-up visits were more common following telephone-only telehealth visits than video visits, though the difference in follow-up rates was small, according to a recent analysis of telehealth visits...

California Nonprofit Aims to Improve Care Through Virtual Plan

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with Accolade and TeleMed2U, Blue Shield of California has implemented the Virtual Blue health benefits plan that aimed to improve healthcare among beneficiaries, particularly by...

Virtual Tools Aim to Improve Patient Access to Care

by Mark Melchionna

Ballad Health Medical Associates has added resources to help patients access virtual and in-person primary care, urgent care, and quick care. The organization, which provides care in 29 counties in...

Carbon Health Bets on Virtual Primary Care with New Model Launch in MA

by Anuja Vaidya

One month into the new year, Carbon Health has made headlines multiple times. The in-person and virtual care provider announced a massive multimillion-dollar fundraising round just a few days after laying off 200 people globally. Amid...

Michigan to Offer Pregnancy App to Medicaid Beneficiaries

by Anuja Vaidya

To support residents through pregnancy and in the postpartum period, the state of Michigan is providing Medicaid-eligible families with access to the Philips Pregnancy+ mobile application. The...

Pediatric Hospital Combines Urgent Care Services with Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

To expand healthcare access throughout Washington state, Seattle Children's has added the option of virtual care services to treat urgent care symptoms such as allergies, colds, coughs, eye...

Collaboration to Provide Access to Virtual LGBTQ+ Care in New England

by Mark Melchionna

Through a partnership with Point32Health, Included Health aims to provide virtual LGBTQ+ care services to patients in Massachusetts, including health benefits support, telehealth, and patient...

Ensuring Telehealth Implementation Doesn’t Exacerbate Clinician Burnout

by Anuja Vaidya

Like many clinicians, Eve Cunningham, MD, has experienced burnout, though she didn't recognize it until years later. "I mean, you get to a point where you just hit the ceiling, where you just can't take anymore," she said in a...

Audio-Only Coverage of Behavioral Health Common Across Medicaid Programs

by Anuja Vaidya

Most states took at least one Medicaid-related policy action to expand coverage of telebehavioral health services in response to COVID-19, most commonly expanding audio-only coverage of the services, a...

MA Health Plans to Expand Access to Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

by Anuja Vaidya

Point32Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, is partnering with Valera Health to expand access to telebehavioral health services in...

Northwell Health Launches AI-Based Chatbot to Reduce Maternal Mortality

by Mark Melchionna

Known as Northwell Health Pregnancy Chats, a newly released chatbot at Northwell Health aims to lower morbidity and mortality rates among pregnant women by using artificial intelligence (AI)-based...

Collaboration Aims to Expand Telestroke Care in Georgia

by Mark Melchionna

Stephens County Hospital is partnering with Wellstar Health System to expand stroke care in Northeast Georgia by adding virtual care consultations. Based in Toccoa, Georgia, Stephens County Hospital...

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