Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
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Bozeman (Mont.) Health and St. Peter's Health in Helena, Mont., will establish a neonatal care and maternal-fetal medicine center that uses telemedicine technology to reach more high-risk patients.
Teladoc Health's licensed virtual care platform is available in Epic's App Orchard.
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Telemedicine provider SOC Telemed announced Oct. 1 that it has wrapped up the pilot for its revenue cycle management offering.
Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health selected MD Live as its new telehealth provider.
Only 4 percent of adults ages 50 to 80 had a telehealth visit in the past year, according to recent Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan survey.
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California received $3.4 million to study the effects of telemedicine on dermatology patients.
The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services formed an agreement with telemedicine provider SwiftMD to offer virtual care services for the state's self-funded HealthChoice PPO plans.
National Institutes of Health granted University of California Los Angeles more than $28 million to spearhead two studies on telehealth-based treatments for opioid addiction in rural America.
Stanford Children's Health has a comprehensive digital program focused on improving the quality of care for pediatric patients. The health system launched a clinic with telehealth visits that saves hundreds of miles in travel for patients who need specialty care.…
Amazon launched a virtual health program earlier this week to employees, offering telemedicine as well as in-person healthcare services.