Telehealth

Telehealth may become a permanent aspect of how patients receive their healthcare. Here are 16 takeaways from six recent reports on telehealth.

Teladoc Health is expanding its virtual care offering through the launch of its new mental healthcare service MyStrength Complete, the company said May 11.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is teaming up with NxgenPort, a biomedical technology company that builds remote patient monitoring devices.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey recently signed legislation to expand telehealth services and coverage across the state. 

Telehealth provider Doctor on Demand and clinical navigation platform Grand Rounds have completed their merger, the companies said May 11. 

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis named Maulik Majmudar, MD, its new chief medical officer, the Boston-based company said May 10.

Optum, Walmart and Amazon have torpedoed into telehealth as virtual visits were made popular during the pandemic.

CVS, Walmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens have entered the telehealth market to make mental healthcare more accessible, according to a May 7 article by The New York Times.

With the rapid adoption of telehealth over the past year, West Virginia University researchers are exploring patient trends to decipher the appropriate number of visits and lengths patients should partake, according to a May 7 news release.

COVID-19 has forever changed healthcare and consequently has led to a massive acceleration in the use of telehealth.