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Oregon health system to launch Epic telemedicine platform
Epic Video Client will replace the previous telemedicine platforms used at Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services starting in August. -
Teladoc, Microsoft to bring generative AI to telehealth
Teladoc is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its artificial intelligence services, which can automate clinical documentation, on the company's telehealth platform. -
Cleveland Clinic bets on telehealth to reduce costs, reach younger patients
Even though telehealth appointments have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Clinic said it is still betting on virtual care to lower costs and to reach patients who are more comfortable accessing care online, Ideastream Public Media reported July 17. -
How UNC Health is using virtual care to address maternal mortality
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has partnered with federally qualified health center Chapel Hill-based Piedmont Health to combat maternal health inequities by creating a new virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service. -
Telehealth only reduces costs for certain types of diseases
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that telehealth did not reduce costs or the number of future visits for patients with circulatory, respiratory or infectious diseases. -
How an Intermountain hospital is using telehealth to help new moms breastfeed
Intermountain Filmore (Utah) Community Hospital is seeing payoff from a telehealth program designed to help moms breastfeed. -
Top 4 most common telehealth diagnoses
Here are the four most common telehealth diagnoses based on data from Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, according to July 6 news release from Fair Health. -
Intermountain's pediatric telehealth program expands
Physicians at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's emergency department will now be able to connect to Salt Lake City-based Primary Children's Hospital trauma and pediatric ICU specialists via telehealth. -
Telehealth utilization falls nationally
Telehealth utilization decreased across all regions in April, decreasing nationally by 5.4 percent month over month, according to a July 6 news release from Fair Health. -
Judge tosses suit alleging Teladoc misled investors
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote dismissed a lawsuit against Teladoc that alleges that the virtual healthcare company misled investors regarding its business, operations and future prospects. -
Penn Medicine shutters urgent care as patients turn to telehealth
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine shut down one of its urgent care centers, Penn Urgent Care South Philadelphia, on June 30 as more patients are turning to telehealth for care, 10 Philadelphia reported July 6. -
Intermountain starts dispensing contraceptives via telehealth
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is using telehealth to increase access to contraceptives after Utah pharmacists were allowed to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives directly to adult women in the state, TownLift reported July 6. -
Telehealth prescribers are not more lax about giving patients anxiety, ADHD medication, study finds
A study from EHR vendor Epic Systems found that providers who conduct telehealth visits for patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety are no more or less likely to prescribe medication during visits than physicians who meet with patients in person. -
Telehealth company TytoCare lays off 10% of workforce
Telehealth startup TytoCare is laying off 20 employees, or 10 percent of its 200-person workforce, CTech reported July 6. -
Northwell launches telehealth program to treat burn victims
Northwell Health's Center for Global Health partnered with the Burn Center at Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital to implement a telehealth program that allows burn victims to remotely access burn specialists, treatment plans and guidance, according to a July 1 report from silive.com. -
The Two Best Use Cases for Personalized Mobile Experiences in Healthcare
In CHIME’s Digital Health Most Wired 2022 Patient Engagement Trend Report, ORBIE award winning CIO, Michael Saad said, “The pandemic surely accelerated this move to more targeted digital offerings, but the healthcare industry is absolutely headed to personalized care.” -
4 Georgia hospitals look to expand rural telehealth
Four Georgia hospitals are part of a new rural telehealth expansion project with the Georgia Health Information Network. -
Texas A&M Health taps new telehealth partner
Bryan-based Texas A&M Health partnered with Let's Talk Interactive as its new telehealth partner for behavioral health. -
Telehealth expansion comes at a cost of $5B, budgeting office says
The bipartisan Telehealth Expansion Act, making specific COVID-19-era telehealth provisions permanent, would cost $5 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, The Hill reported June 27. -
88% of physicians say telehealth increases access to care
Eight-eight percent of U.S. physicians said telemedicine has been a vital tool in helping patients access healthcare, particularly in patient populations that have historically faced barriers to care, according to a June 29 report from digital healthcare platform Doximity.
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