Telehealth

Tenet Health Central Coast, part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, on Aug. 26 announced a new telehealth emergency room screening option for patients unsure of whether they want to seek medical attention for suspected COVID-19 or other emergency medical conditions. 

The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine received a $1.5 million grant to establish a new endowment that funds palliative medicine innovation projects, according to an Aug. 25 news release.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is moving forward with plans to open a new patient care access center that features a telemedicine-equipped urgent care center, according to an Aug. 24 Hartford Courant report.

Virtual care providers such as Amwell, Teladoc and MDLive are participating in deal activities and pursuing going public in response to widespread telehealth adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Aug. 25 Wall Street Journal report.

Humana filed a lawsuit against QuivvyTech and several physicians over an alleged scheme to fraudulently prescribe and bill for topical creams.

Google's cloud division on Aug. 24 partnered with Amwell, a Boston-based company that powers telehealth for more than 2,000 hospitals in the U.S.

Telehealth company CloudMD agreed to acquire a seven-clinic rehabilitation network on Aug. 24.

A group of 14 Democratic senators penned a letter to FCC chairman Ajit Pai on Aug. 20 detailing what they say is the agency's failure to manage the Rural Health Care Program and COVID-19 Telehealth Program. 

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joy Burt’s team at Akron Children’s Hospital was primarily focused on patient rounding, with some emphasis on staff rounding.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Aug. 21 that the state's emergency broadband fund will receive $61 million in grants to improve internet access for telemedicine, telework and distance learning across the state.