Amwell stock jumped 38 percent over a five-day span from Oct. 2 to 7, according to a Business Insider report.

Across the U.S., telehealth claim lines grew 3,806 percent from July 2019-20, according to data released Oct. 6 from healthcare cost data organization Fair Health.

To ensure telehealth provisions lifted during the COVID-19 pandemic become permanent, U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., are focusing on broadband access and Medicare reimbursement initiatives, according to NextGov.

At the Cleveland Clinic 2020 Medical Innovation Summit, a panel of health system IT executives gathered to discuss the big issues in digital innovation today.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based health system AdventHealth will roll out another virtual intensive care unit, this time at its hospital in Lake Wales, Fla.

The percentage of physicians using telehealth to see patients spiked from 22 percent in 2019 to 80 percent this year, according to Amwell's 2020 Physician and Consumer Survey.  

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente partnered with Best Buy Health to develop remote monitoring tools for older adults.

Levels of patient satisfaction for telehealth services are among the highest of all healthcare, insurance and financial service industries, according to consumer insight firm J.D. Power's second annual telehealth patient satisfaction survey.

Houston Methodist is teaming up with One Medical, a tech-powered primary care organization, to scale its digital transformation efforts, according to a Sept. 30 news release.

Amwell and Tyto Care are expanding their partnership by adding new workflows and tools for the TytoHome remote examination device on Amwell's telehealth platform, they said this week.