Building upon the federal government’s Test to Treat initiative, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) unveiled a free telehealth program to provide quick access to COVID-19...
In honor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) anniversary, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) worked with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish new guidance that seeks...
While reviewing patient demographics and social determinants of health, a JAMA Network Study found that low health literacy and high area deprivation index (ADI) can determine how telehealth is used...
A new study from the Annals of Internal Medicine found that replacing or supplementing in-person maternal healthcare with telehealth led to positive clinical outcomes and high levels of patient...
After receiving a large amount of funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Cincinnati Children's plans to lead a multisite clinical trial that will compare two methods...
Following the House passage of the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021 (HR 4040), pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities will be extended through 2024.
At the beginning of the COVID-19...
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust provided NYC Health+Hospitals with a $3.9 million grant to support the addition of a telemental health service to its virtual ExpressCare...
To create a successful at-home care system, Lee Health partnered withHealth Recovery Solutions (HRS) to implement virtual resources, aiming for lower levels of hospital readmissions and emergency room...
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action said it strongly supports the expansion of public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities sponsored by US Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI)...
As the Senate Finance Committee works to establish telehealth regulations, the American Hospital Association (AHA) provided feedback aimed to optimize the expansion of virtual mental health...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed criminal charges against 36 defendants in telemedicine-enabled fraud schemes involving illegal kickbacks for genetic testing and durable medical equipment...
Two-thirds (69 percent) of Americans are in favor of legislation to expand access to asynchronous telehealth, according to a new survey.
Telehealth company Hims & Hers Health worked with polling...
Amazon has announced plans to buy virtual and in-person primary care organization One Medical for $3.9 billion, or $18 per share, in an all-cash transaction.
One Medical is membership-based, providing...
In a piece published in Health Affairs, researchers from Harvard Medical School and RAND Corporation wrote that predicting the future of audio-only sources is hard, mainly due to the common...
To counter the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, a group of Texas Democrats wrote to the White House providing potential strategies for supporting medication-enabled abortions,...
Researchers found that using telehealth to conduct consultations with a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped reduce the need...
Penn Medicine projects involving virtual care, including a healing at home program and a plan to increase access to buprenorphine, have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from health insurer...
To expand care for COVID-19-positive patients, the New York State Department of Health has collaborated with NYC Health + Hospitals to implement a free hotline service that provides treatment plans and...
A little over half (53 percent) of providers said that the addition of virtual care options led to an increase in patient visits, according to a new report.
Released by CVS Health, the 2022 Health...
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that during the rapid increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic, many thoracic cancer patients experienced disparities in telehealth access,...
