Telehealth
The FCC will open its application portal today to hospitals interested in applying to its $200 million COVID-19 telehealth program.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the state has launched a remote patient-monitoring program and mental health support line with OSF HealthCare and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Healthcare organizations around the world are facing enormous pressures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Two lawmakers introduced a bill April 10 that would provide $2 billion to expand telehealth and internet connectivity at public and nonprofit healthcare facilities.
The Trump administration, CMS and other federal agencies have issued several new policies to expand the use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Riverwood Healthcare Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Aitkin, Minn., quickly deployed a telehealth network to offer patients care virtually from their homes, according to a recent American Hospital Association case study.
Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care is using the lessons learned from treating the H1N1 virus in 2009 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a post from the American Medical Association.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UnitedHealthcare will reimburse claims for telehealth services for service dates from March 18 until June 18.
Amid the new coronavirus pandemic, U.S. hospitals and providers are racing to find new ways to deliver care to their communities without furthering the spread of COVID-19. They are turning to telehealth, among other strategies, to provide care without endangering…
Walgreens added new telehealth providers and a COVID-19 risk assessment tool to its Find Care platform to help coordinate care for patients during the pandemic.