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Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital's emergency department has selected Rose, a digital mental health platform from Johns Hopkins University, to support the mental health of clinicians treating COVID-19 patients.
RediClinic closed its Texas-area clinic locations to focus on telehealth.
Last week, CipherHealth had a rare opportunity to hear directly from operations, nursing, and patient experience leaders from Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) about their response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Johnson & Johnson invested in telehealth startup Thirty Madison, a digital health company focused on managing chronic conditions.
Telehealth company MDLive is planning a public offering that would occur in early 2021, CEO Charles Jones said on Aug. 12.
Like many healthcare organizations, Hackley faced a time of unprecedented challenges – and new opportunities – in March of 2020. We had to handle the COVID-19 pandemic while safely maintaining our usual patient flow of around 300-350 daily visits, using…
Megan Byrne, Assistant Operations Manager, Hackley Community Care Center, Muskegon, MI
The use of remote monitoring technology has increased significantly during the pandemic, but a recent paper published in Nature Medicine suggests these tools may have some important safety, privacy and efficacy concerns to consider.
Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School launched a new virtual urgent care center on Aug. 10.
An initiative from the administration of President Donald Trump aims to make 5G more accessible across the U.S., according to a news release from the White House this week.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is expanding its virtual hospital services to help Navicent Health in Macon, Ga., care for COVID-19 patients in their own homes, according to an Aug. 10 news release.