Telehealth
Telehealth is vital in increasing access to healthcare. Healthcare providers can use audiovisual, audio-only or asynchronous telehealth tools to facilitate virtual visits, improving patient experience and, in some cases, reducing healthcare costs. But hurdles like the digital divide and racial disparities, which can widen existing health inequities, must be tackled.
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19 Nov 2024
How the virtual ECHO model is boosting Black maternal health
The Black Maternal Health ECHO program uses telehealth to improve maternal health equity by fostering collaboration, extending education and addressing biases in care. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2024
Telehealth does not raise rates of low-value primary care
New research shows telehealth use in primary care doesn't increase low-value services, like unnecessary tests, addressing concerns about wasteful healthcare practices. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2020
San Francisco VA Uses Telehealth to Triage, Reduce ED Traffic
A nurse call line and telehealth platform is helping the San Francisco VA health system triage patients before they come to the Emergency Room, reducing traffic and improving care outcomes. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2020
Penn Medicine Identifies Telehealth Benefits in Dermatology Consults
A study conducted by Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross found that a telemedicine platform reduced the time between a primary care visit and a dermatology consult from six weeks to less than six hours. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2020
NIH-Funded Study Targets Telehealth, Rural Maternal Death Rate
Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will investigate how telehealth could help decrease maternal death rate in rural areas. Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2020
School-Based Telehealth Program Expands Access To Virtual Care
McLeod Health has partnered with Florence County School District Two, adding two more schools to a school-based telehealth program that provides in-school virtual care. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2020
Boston, NY Hospitals Collaborate on Telehealth Platform for COVID-19 Rehab
Health systems in Boston and New York have joined forces to develop a telehealth platform designed to improve clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients recovering at home after a hospital discharge. Continue Reading
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05 Nov 2020
UPMC to Expand Telehealth Network in Italy to Battle COVID-19 Surge
UPMC's international division is getting almost $2 million from the United States Agency for International Development to expand its telehealth network to help the hard-hit European nation battle a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2020
Chicago Health System Expands Pediatric Telemedicine Platform
Northwestern Medicine is expanding its telemedicine platform to give patients and providers in 2 outlying hospitals virtual access to specialists from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2020
Year-Long Study Validates Telehealth Use in Diabetes Prevention Efforts
Supporters of digital Diabetes Prevention Programs say the PREDICTS trial proves that telehealth and mHealth tools can improve clinical outcomes for people at risk of developing the chronic disease. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2020
New Telehealth Accreditation Program Focuses on Home Health Care
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care has unveiled a Distinction in Telehealth designation for providers using telehealth in ambulatory care, behavioral health, home health, hospice, private duty and renal analysis. Continue Reading
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02 Nov 2020
Senators Seek CMS Support for Telehealth Services for Expectant Moms
A bill introduced last week in the Senate would establish Medicare and Medicaid coverage for telehealth programs that use remote patient monitoring to track the health of expectant mothers. Continue Reading
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02 Nov 2020
Ontario Invests in Telehealth to Give Seniors Access to Care at Home
The Canadian province is launching a community paramedicine program in five communities, which will use local paramedics and a telehealth platform to connect with seniors on long-term care waiting lists. Continue Reading
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30 Oct 2020
NH Hospital Uses Telehealth to Support Difficult Deliveries
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover is connecting via telehealth with NICU specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital for virtual support for the more than 1,300 deliveries they see each year. Continue Reading
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30 Oct 2020
Arkansas Gets $1 Million Grant to Expand Telehealth Training
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will use the grant of almost $1 million from the USDA to set up telehealth training programs for providers and others in the underserved Arkansas Delta. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2020
Value-Based Care Requires a Balance of Telehealth, In-Person Visits
In a new Healthcare Strategies podcast, Chris Waugh, chief innovation officer at Sutter Health, explains how the health system is creating a strategy that integrates virtual and in-person care to treat the whole patient. Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2020
Telehealth Faces New Challenges: Surfing, Snacking and Social Hour
A new survey from DrFirst finds that consumers may be flocking to telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic to chat with doctors, but many of them are also spending that time multitasking. Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2020
Telehealth Pilot to Combine Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health Care
The Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute are launching a telehealth project aimed at helping primary care providers treat patients dealing with both substance abuse issues and depression. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2020
Report Notes CMS Program's Success With Telehealth for Senior Care
PACE, a Medicare-Medicaid program serving thousands of seniors in 31 states, used telehealth to keep that care going during the pandemic. That success could spur more programs to use connected health in the future. Continue Reading
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22 Oct 2020
Penn Students Launch Telehealth Program for Refugee Camps
The telehealth project, launched in collaboration with Penn Medicine, will first help residents of the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2020
Ohio Shelters Use Telehealth to Help Domestic Abuse Survivors Access Care
Funded by a SAMSHA grant, shelters in Toledo are launching a telehealth program aimed at offering telemental health services to those at risk of suicide, especially survivors of domestic abuse. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2020
CARES Act Grant to Expand Telehealth Services for Seniors in Maine
The University of New England is getting more than $90,000 in federal funding to launch a telehealth program giving residents of the rural state access to wellness and advanced care planning services. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2020
JD Power Survey Charts the Top 12 Reasons for Using Telehealth
The survey identifies what factors are most important to consumers when they choose telehealth, and it shows how the coronavirus pandemic has changed some of those priorities. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2020
Factoring in Caregivers Adds Value to a Telehealth Program
Telehealth programs that include the caregiver in the care management process stand a better chance of improving outcomes and quality of life. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2020
CTeL Seeks $300,000 in Donations to Finance Telehealth Cost Analysis
The Washington-based non-profit needs funding to complete a study on the cost benefits of telehealth. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2020
West Virginia University Gets Federal Grant for ER Telehealth Program
The Morgantown-based health system is getting a $1.2 million HRSA grant to launch a telehealth program that will enable rural ERs to access on-demand telestroke and telemental health services. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2020
California Gives Telehealth a Try with Community Paramedicine Legislation
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing local EMS providers to develop community paramedicine programs, which often use telehealth tools to screen 911 calls and improve care coordination at home. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2020
eHI Offers Recommendations on Telehealth, Licensure, Broadband
The eHealth Initiative has released a list of policy recommendations designed to improve telehealth adoption and coverage during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2020
What Are the 10 Factors to Patient Satisfaction With Telehealth?
J.D. Power's 2020 Telehealth Satisfaction Study identifies 10 key performance indicators that providers should use to ensure patient satisfaction. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2020
Avera, UPMC Among Health Systems Getting USDA Telemedicine Grants
The USDA's latest round of Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grants, totaling $72 million, will go to 116 programs in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2020
Missouri County Uses CARES Act Funding for School Telehealth Project
More than 20 schools in rural Missouri will have on-demand access to providers at Freeman Neosho Hospital through a telehealth platform approved by county officials and funded by the CARES Act. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2020
UCLA Study Charts Benefits of Telehealth for Chronic Pain Treatment
A new study finds that telehealth can replace many in-person visits for people living with chronic pain, reducing the hassles and stresses of travel and allowing patients to improve care management at home. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2020
Memorial Hermann Maps Out a Strategy for Primary Care via Telehealth
The Houston-based health system is using lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and a robust approach to innovation to create a primary care platform that enhances both in-person and virtual care. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2020
Oakland Launches Telehealth Program for Black Prenatal, Postpartum Care
Alameda Health is partnering with public health officials to launch a telehealth program offering prenatal and postpartum care to Black residents, a population highly susceptible to gaps in care and disparities. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2020
Congress Expands Veteran Access to Telehealth for Mental Health Care
A bill headed to the President's desk will expand efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve veteran access to mental health services, including offering more services via telehealth. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2020
Study: Changes Are Needed to Make Telehealth a Primary Care Platform
A new study out of Johns Hopkins finds that primary care visits and health and wellness check-ups have dropped during the coronavirus pandemic - and telehealth isn't helping. Continue Reading
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02 Oct 2020
Top 5 Uses for a Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Platform
Direct to consumer telehealth offers consumers and providers a quick and easy means of collaborating on episodic care. But what are the ideal uses for this type of service? Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2020
Amid Rising Substance Abuse Rates, Treatment Centers Turn to Telehealth
Amid a surge in substance abuse issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Desert Hope Treatment Center is using a telehealth platform to screen patients and expand access to sorely needed counseling. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2020
University of Wisconsin Study Eyes a Telehealth Model for Nursing Homes
Researchers will study how four nursing homes used telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic to come up with a blueprint for other senior care facilities looking to launch a connected health platform. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2020
Brigham and Women's Uses mHealth to Track Medication Compliance
The Boston hospital will be using an mHealth platform that tracks a user's medication use in a program aimed at improving medication management among patients who have been prescribed opioids. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2020
Using Telehealth to Make Patient Rounding More Efficient and Effective
In the latest Healthcare Strategies podcast, Sri Bharadwaj of Franciscan Health explains how the Indiana health system uses telehealth to improve patient care and care team collaboration. Continue Reading
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25 Sep 2020
New Bill Would Add Telehealth to Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program
A bill filed this week would expand the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program to include telehealth services, thus improving access to care for millions of people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Continue Reading
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25 Sep 2020
What 15 Medical Specialties Are Most Interested in Telehealth?
Doximity's annual report ranks the top 15 specialties interested in telehealth job listings, and reflects a growing interest in chronic care management and remote patient monitoring. Continue Reading
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24 Sep 2020
LA Community Centers Offer Free Wi-Fi to Support Telehealth Services
The centers, jointly operated by two LA health plans, are re-opening on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic, and are offering free Wi-Fi to enable visitors to access telehealth services. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2020
Global Survey Sees Value of Telehealth in Chronic Care Management
A global survey of patients living with type 1 diabetes finds that many who moved to telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic would continue on that platform after the emergency to meet care management needs. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2020
Florida Commits $2 Million to Expanding Telehealth Services in Schools
The state is earmarking $2 million from CARES Act funding to expand telehealth access to mental health services in schools in 18 counties where access to specialists is limited and broadband connectivity is low. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2020
NYC Hospitals Create Blueprint for COVID-19 Triage By Telehealth
The report, recently published in Medicina, was prepared by clinicians at NYU Langone Health and the NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both of which used telehealth to treat hundreds of thousands of patients this summer. Continue Reading
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17 Sep 2020
How Telehealth Accelerated Post-Acute Digital Transformation
TriHealth’s digital transformation is leveraging telehealth to give providers more time to focus on patient care. Continue Reading
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16 Sep 2020
Accelerated Telehealth Use During COVID-19 Raises Security Risk
Out of the most-used telehealth vendors throughout the pandemic, there was a 30 percent increase of cybersecurity findings per domain, a recent report found. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2020
VA, Apple Partner to Expand Veterans Access to Telehealth Services
The collaboration will leverage Apple’s expertise to enhance the VA’s iPad program and ensure Veterans and healthcare professionals have the best telehealth experience. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2020
Providers Plan a Post-Pandemic Future With Telehealth Strategies
They’ve tried the technology and tested the workloads. Now that telehealth is here to stay, providers are looking closely at what telehealth strategies do and not work for them. Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2020
Northwell Launches Telehealth Service for Skilled Nursing Facilities
New York's largest health system is launching a telehealth platform to provide on-demand care at two skilled nursing facilities, and plans to expand to more SNFs in the future. Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2020
NYC Surveys Identify Five Strategies to Boost Telehealth Adoption
The five strategies, laid out in a recent Health Affairs blog, target barriers to telehealth adoption that go beyond reimbursement issues. Continue Reading
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10 Sep 2020
New Telehealth Project Targets California's Agricultural Communities
ACTIVATE will bring telehealth and remote patient monitoring services and digital literacy training to farm workers and their families in California's Central Valley, one of the least healthy regions in the state. Continue Reading
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09 Sep 2020
DC Council Votes to Extend Telehealth Coverage for Postpartum Care
Washington DC is set to enact a law that would enable new mothers to access postpartum care via telehealth for at least a year after their baby is born. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2020
Telehealth Needs Payer Support for Continued Growth
The use of telehealth has exploded as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For it to continue gaining momentum, private and public payers must appropriately reimburse for telehealth, according to the latest report from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2020
FCC Pushes Telehealth Connectivity With Connected Care Pilot Program
The Connected Care Pilot Program, a $100 million project unveiled in 2018 to improve access to telehealth for low-income Americans and veterans, will soon begin accepting applications, FCC officials have announced. Continue Reading
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04 Sep 2020
Harvard Pilgrim Launches Telehealth Program to Support Caregivers
The Massachusetts health plan is launching a no-cost telehealth platform that will give caregivers the information, coaching and support they need to care for loved ones at home. Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2020
HHS Issues $1.5B in Grants for Opioid Abuse Treatment, Including Telehealth
The grants are part of a two-year program launched by HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help states and Tribal organizations use telehealth and other resource to tackle the opioid abuse crisis. Continue Reading
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27 Aug 2020
SPROUT Unveils Standards for Analyzing Pediatric Telehealth Services
An initiative launched by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2015 is set to unveil a set of standards aimed at measuring the effectiveness of pediatric telehealth programs across the country. Continue Reading
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25 Aug 2020
Amwell to Go Public, Shift Its Telehealth Platform Over to Google
The Massachusetts-based telehealth provider has filed for an IPO and announced an investment from Google in a move to expand its platform in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2020
New Project to Bring Telehealth to Affordable Housing Facilities
The University of California and CITRIS are partnering on a pilot program to equip seniors in two affordable housing communities with telehealth services and digital literacy training. Continue Reading
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21 Aug 2020
A Pandemic Gives Telehealth a New Purpose With Community Paramedicine
With COVID-19 still rampant, health systems and EMS providers are partnering in mobile integrated health programs that stress telehealth and mHealth in the home. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2020
Lawmakers Eye Telehealth Pilot for Veterans Needing Mental Health Services
A bill introduced earlier this month calls on the VA to launch a pilot telehealth program in three diverse locations that would help veterans access care for mental health issues, including substance abuse and PTSD. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2020
PCORI Grants Target Telehealth Programs for COVID-19 Treatment
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is disbursing more then $22 million in grants to several projects that will analyze how telehealth has been and could be used to improve COVID-19 care and services. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2020
Avera Bolsters Certificate Program With the American Board of Telehealth
Avera eCARE has launched the American Board of Telehealth, a national entity designed to develop best practices and standards for telehealth education through the health system's new certificate program. Continue Reading
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14 Aug 2020
Healthcare Looks to Telehealth to Address Physician Burnout, Stress
In an industry plagued by burnout, hospitals and health systems are using telehealth to give providers virtual access to mental health counselors - and to make their jobs less stressful. Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2020
AHA Study Ties Telehealth Program to Reduced Infant Mortality Rate
A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that an interstage home monitoring program, which uses mHealth and telehealth to monitor infants recovering at home from heart surgery, reduced the mortality rate by 40 percent. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2020
Nebraska OKs Reimbursement for Asynchronous Telehealth in Dermatology
Nebraska's governor has signed legislation that requires payers to cover asynchronous telehealth services used by dermatologists. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2020
How a Rural Hospital Developed and Launched its Telehealth Platform
Beauregard Health, a 49-bed hospital in rural Louisiana, recently went live with a telehealth platform for critical care, neurology, psychiatry and cardiology services. Their COO explains how it was done. Continue Reading
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10 Aug 2020
New Telehealth Bill Seeks Funding for Broadband Expansion Programs
The ACCESS the Internet Act, introduced last week, proposes to designate $400 million to restart the FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program and give the VA $100 million to boost telehealth access for rural and remote veterans. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2020
Teladoc-Livongo Deal Combines Telehealth With Chronic Care Management
Teladoc Health and Livongo are joining forces, pairing the former's telehealth capabilities with the latter's connected health platform for chronic care management. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2020
Telehealth Gives a Pediatric Physical Therapist a New Outlook on Care
Sierra Christensen launched a telehealth service to improve her work-life balance and care for her young patients. Now she's finding that the platform can improve her work with their parents as well. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2020
Congress Mulls New Grant Program to Expand VA Telehealth Efforts
A bill filed last week in the House aims to create a grant program to help the Department of Veterans Affairs forge new partnerships or expand existing ones that improve telehealth access for veterans. Continue Reading
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31 Jul 2020
Avera to Use Telehealth to Connect Police, Mental Health Professionals
Avera eCARE is using a $1 million donation to launch a telehealth program that connects police and court officers with mental health experts to help assess and treat people in crisis. Continue Reading
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30 Jul 2020
University of Memphis Launches NIH-Funded mHealth Research Center
The mDOT center will bring together researchers from Memphis, Harvard, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State, UMass, UCLA and UCSF and focus on mHealth and telehealth platforms for chronic disease management. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2020
Insomnia Study Finds Telehealth as Effective as In-Person Treatment
Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found that cognitive behavioral therapy sessions delivered via telehealth are as effective as in-person treatment for people living with chronic insomnia. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2020
Massachusetts Payer Expands Telehealth Coverage for Mental Health Services
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has added telemental health services to its telehealth platform and expanded access to an online wellness program and will be maintaining reimbursement parity for telehealth visits. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2020
FORE Grants Target Telehealth, mHealth Use in Addiction Treatment
The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts is funding four care providers and two research organizations to expand telehealth and mHealth programs and study how they've improved care during the COVID-19 crisis. Continue Reading
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23 Jul 2020
Indiana Providers, VA Eye 3 New Telehealth Programs for Veterans
The Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute are working with the VA to develop new telehealth programs to address stroke treatment, chronic pain care and home-based geriatric services. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2020
Lawmakers Look to Continue FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program
A letter signed by more than 40 members of Congress calls on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to provide details on the recently closed COVID-19 Telehealth Program - and asks how much he would need to continue the program Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2020
Telehealth Is 'The Best Tool' in the Healthcare Toolbox for FQHCs
For an FQHC serving an island community off the Maine coast, telehealth gives providers an important platform for addressing not only gaps in care, but other factors that contribute to negative health outcomes. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2020
NCI Grants Help Cancer Care Centers Study Telehealth Effectiveness
Cancer care centers in Philadelphia, New Hampshire and Oklahoma are using supplemental grants from the National Cancer Institute to analyze how telehealth has helped with care management during the COVID-19 emergency. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2020
Banner Health's New Telemedicine Platform Enables In-Patient Monitoring
The Arizona-based health system is using a telemedicine platform to help staff remotely monitor patients in the ICU and other departments while reducing the need for room visits and PPE use. Continue Reading
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10 Jul 2020
The Promise and Potential for Telehealth in Home Health
Despite reimbursement barriers, home health care providers have long used telehealth and mHealth tools to improve care. Could COVID-19 expand those opportunities? Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2020
VA, DoD Launch National Telehealth Projects for Critical Care
One project aims to create a national network of virtual care wards to address the coronavirus pandemic, while a separate program will build out the VA's telehealth platform to create the largest telecritical care program in the nation. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2020
URAC Expands its Telehealth Accreditation Portfolio With RPM Track
The nation's primary telehealth accreditation body will now assess healthcare providers' remote patient monitoring programs, following a surge of interest brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2020
Walgreens Challenges DTC Telehealth Market With VillageMD Deal
The $1 billion partnership will put staffed health clinics in roughly 700 pharmacies across the country in the next 5 years, giving health systems with direct-to-consumer telehealth programs new competition. Continue Reading
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07 Jul 2020
A Small Medical Group Uses Telehealth to Redesign Care Management
The Reliance Medical Group has launched a Virtual Office that uses remote patient monitoring to care for patients with chronic conditions. Its creator says the telehealth platform may soon eclipse office-based care. Continue Reading
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03 Jul 2020
FCC Announces 13th Set of COVID-19 Telehealh Program Awards
With the $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Fund set to run out soon, the Federal Communications Commission has OK'd funding for 70 more projects, bringing the total to 514 in 46 states and Washington DC. Continue Reading
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01 Jul 2020
Telecritical Care Expands Telehealth From the ICU to Where It's Needed
During a panel session at the American Telemedicine Association's recent virtual conference, experts from two large health systems explained how telehealth improves care for complex patients no matter where they are. Continue Reading
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30 Jun 2020
Survey: COVID-19 Crisis Compels Dentists to Consider Telehealth
A new survey finds that dentists expect long-term changes to their profession because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are planning to use telehealth to stay in business. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2020
FCC Closes Applications for COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding
The Federal Communications Commission has stopped accepting applications for funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, and expects to exhaust the $200 million fund within a month. Continue Reading
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25 Jun 2020
Telehealth Sustainability Requires a Willingness to Adapt to New Ideas
When its three-year telehealth pilot ended and the grant money ran out, Long Island Select Healthcare took stock of its options and decided to change its approach to connected health. Continue Reading
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24 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Concerns Add Value to School-Based Telehealth Programs
School may not be in session, but telehealth programs across the nation are busy addressing the needs of students stuck at home during the pandemic - including a growing number in need of mental health counseling. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2020
CareAsOne Aims to Create a Virtual Forum for Telehealth Collaboration
The new group wants to create an online platform to discuss and share ideas on connected health collaboration. Continue Reading
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19 Jun 2020
Telehealth Gives a Free Health Clinic a Lifeline to its Patient Population
The Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California is using a new telehealth platform to improve access and care for thousands of residents in and around Oakland - many of whom have no other access to care. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2020
FCC Announces 11th Batch of COVID-19 Telehealth Program Awards
As Congress asks for more transparency from the agency, another 62 telehealth projects are approved for funding, bringing the total to $128.23 million for 367 programs in 45 states and Washington DC Continue Reading
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16 Jun 2020
Senators Target Telehealth Access for Farmers, Loggers and Fishermen
A new bill before Congress aims to create an annual $10 million grant program to help providers extend telemental health programs into rural areas focused on the farming, forestry and fishing industries. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2020
Congress Questions FCC on Details of COVID-19 Telehealth Program
Congress is asking the FCC to provide weekly reports, beginning this week, on the number of providers approved for funding from the telehealth program, as well as those not approved and how much money has been dispersed. Continue Reading
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12 Jun 2020
Senators Propose $50M Program to Fund RPM Pilots in Rural Areas
A bill introduced in Congress this week would create a $50 million fund to support telehealth pilot programs in rural parts of the country. The RPM programs would target chronic and COVID-19 treatments. Continue Reading
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12 Jun 2020
Telehealth Will Continue to Grow After Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic sparked the growth of telehealth across the healthcare industry. This growth will continue after the pandemic, industry experts said at the Value-Based Care Summit | Telehealth20: Virtual Series. Continue Reading