Telehealth

The Florida Board of Medicine will meet Aug. 2 to deliberate registration costs for out-of-state physicians who can now provide telehealth services to Florida residents, The Gainesville Sun reports.

Morgantown-based West Virginia University researchers are piloting a one-year intervention program that aims to use telehealth to help remotely monitor patients' health in order to prevent hospital and emergency department readmissions. 

The American Telemedicine Association elected Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, as president-elect.

Dalhart, Texas-based Coon Memorial Hospital launched telehealth services that connect its cardiology and dermatology patients with specialists through video and audio conferencing technology, KFDA reports.

NYC Health + Hospitals unveiled July 24 its primary-care centered diabetes management program, which will enhance care for more than 60,000 New York City residents with diabetes through increased clinical pharmacy staff, telehealth technology and mobile-based health monitoring apps.

The New York State Office of Mental Health broadened its telemedicine guidelines for psychiatric care so more patients can receive mental health services across the state.

University of Louisville (Ky.) Hospital's burn center launched a telehealth pilot program to help reduce patients' barriers to follow-up care.

Among physician specialists, radiologists tend to be the most interested in telemedicine job opportunities, while anesthesiologists showed the least interest, according to a report by Doximity, an online medical professional network.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health has opened a virtual hospital at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, according to a July 19 news release.

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $200,000 grant to University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to develop a telehealth network for opioid abuse patients.