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.

IBM Watson Health and the American Telemedicine Association collaborated to conclude that higher performing hospitals or more likely to use telehealth. 

Planned Parenthood announced Sept. 4 that its mobile application Planned Parenthood Direct, which offers birth control and urinary tract infection treatment, will be offered in all 50 states by 2020.

Teladoc is partnering with Johnston Group, a Canada-based payer, to extend telemedicine access and services to more than 30,000 small- to mid-size businesses in Canada.

As the southeastern U.S. braces for the impact of Hurricane Dorian, several hospitals and health systems have announced that they will provide telehealth services free of charge to patients affected by the storm.