Telehealth

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Research Institute center was awarded $500,000 from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans' Assistance to help expand mental telehealth treatment.

PatientSafe Solutions recently announced their release of new functionalities within the PatientTouch Clinical Communication platform that enhances Physician privacy and on call schedule capabilities. 

Cleveland Clinic launched its first telehealth-equipped neurology step down unit to support constant monitoring of epilepsy and stroke patients' brain activity.

Covenant Health Plainview in Texas implemented a two-way audio and video device that allows clinicians to continually monitor patients who require more constant watch, according to My Plainview.

University of Pittsburgh researchers developed a blood pressure home-monitoring program to more quickly detect hypertension levels of postpartum women.

At Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, telehealth isn't delineated by technology. It's simply a way to deliver care.  

Here are nine hospitals and health systems that implemented telehealth technology and services in August:

Lafayette (La.) General Health released its new mobile telehealth app Sept. 4, according to the Advocate.

West Virginia University Medicine in Morgantown is preparing to deploy a telehealth pilot program in November that aims to use video conferencing technology to connect nurses with rural patients who have long-term care conditions, WVNews reports.

Jonathan Bandel, is assistant vice president of strategic service lines at White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital.