Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network.

Joel Vengco, senior vice president and chief information and digital officer at Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, has been named to a healthcare advisory board for Internet of Things company Digi International.

Telehealth startup Cerebral sent letters to patients March 6 stating that some of their information may have been disclosed to social media companies when it used pixel tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites, LegalScoops reported. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued a statement March 8 reminding employees that viewing patient records or accessing clinical databases without authorized use can result in "progressive discipline or even termination."

Hastings, Neb.-based Mary Lanning Healthcare made its IV pumps interoperable with its Epic EHR system, allowing the health system's medical records and IV pumps to communicate electronically.

This episode features Andrea Lee Linna, Partner at McGuireWoods, LLP. Here, she discusses what the end of the Covid public health emergency means for telehealth going forward, & the DEA’s proposed rule for bringing back the in-person medical evaluation requirement…

In this episode, Lee Schwamm, MD, who is a neurologist and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Telehealth and American Heart Association volunteer, describes the new era in telehealth, focusing on the boom in virtual care as well…

Sara Vaezy, Chief Strategy Officer at Providence, joins the podcast to talk about her background, the most innovative things happening in healthcare right now, how health systems should think about growth in the future while balancing physical footprint and virtual…

As hospital emergency rooms are dealing with staffing shortages, a spokesperson for Providence Centralia (Wa.) Hospital told The Chronicle March 8 that 20 to 25 percent of patients coming into their emergency room could receive telehealth care.

Nirvana Healthcare Ventures, a venture capital fund with $60 million in its fund to invest in healthcare innovation across the Midwest, has named former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, as an advisor.