Telehealth

Telehealth provider Doctor on Demand and clinical navigation platform Grand Rounds are merging to create a new integrated, multibillion-dollar virtual care company. 

On Feb. 26, Evernorth, Cigna's health services business, said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire telehealth company MDLive.

Seventy percent of people have experienced sleep challenges since the start of the pandemic with more than half willing to use telehealth to address those concerns, a Royal Philips study finds.

Fifteen states and the District of Columia have laws requiring health insurers to cover remote patient monitoring services delivered via telehealth technologies, according to a recent report from law firm Foley and Lardner. 

Moving Health Home, a new healthcare coalition formed to expand home-based clinical care, added Amwell to the list of its founding members alongside Amazon Care, Intermountain, Ascension and others. 

Athenahealth on March 9 launched a telehealth insights dashboard to help providers, healthcare leaders and patients examine telehealth adoption rates by specialty area.

Rennova Health terminated discussions with TPT Global Tech March 5 to merge Rennova's software and genetic testing divisions and form a company that would provide telehealth services. 

When the pandemic hit, telehealth was not a vital part of most physician practices.

UnitedHealthcare expects two tools launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay post-pandemic, according to a March 2 article published in The Wall Street Journal.

The New York State Department of Health is teaming up with Ro, a direct-to-consumer telehealth app for pharmacy services, to provide eligible residents with COVID-19 vaccines directly in their homes.