Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock is now providing telemedicine intensive care unit services to patients at Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

More than 100 hospitals and health systems implemented virtual care technology and services this year.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center partnered with Penn State College of Nursing to launch a program that provides sexual assault examinations through telehealth, according to a Dec. 9 news release.

Saint Peter's University has tapped Vox Telehealth to help the New Brunswick, N.J.-based hospital incorporate virtual care services with its enhanced recovery after surgery program, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

Internal medicine is the most in-demand telemedicine physician specialty in the U.S., according to Doximity's 2019 Physician Employment Report.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Walmart on Dec. 10 opened their first telehealth services pilot location in Asheboro, N.C., according to a news release.

Orlando (Fla.) Health expanded access on Dec. 11 to its virtual visit system for all patients throughout Central Florida.

First Choice Health, a Seattle-based health plan administration and services company, will begin offering members access to virtual care visits, effective Jan. 1.

Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare deployed Advanced ICU Care's telemedicine intensive care unit services at three of its hospitals, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System will use telemedicine technology to extend neurology and stroke care to patients at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga., according to a Dec. 9 Chattanoogan report.