Telehealth

HHS granted Moultrie, Ga.-based Hospital Authority of Colquitt County $750,000 in funding for telehealth technology and equipment to increase healthcare access for rural patients, according to GPB News.

Private insurance claim lines for non-hospital based provider-to-patient telehealth spiked 1,393 percent from 2014-18, according to a recent Fair Health report.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Metron Integrated Health Systems launched its new "smarter heart" cardiac rehab program and telehealth services at one of its medical facilities July 16, Daily News reports.

St. Luke Health Services in Oswego, N.Y., partnered with telemedicine provider Curvai Health on a program that offers its patients virtual care anytime day or night, Business Journal News Network reports. 

Blockchain developers are now exploring how the technology could be used to improve telemedicine, according to TokenPost.

Bismarck-based Children's Advocacy Centers of North Dakota is offering behavioral health telehealth services to children who have been victims of abuse, according to Public News Service.

Philippi, W.Va.-based Broaddus Hospital developed a telehealth program that allows patients with diabetes to teleconference with a dietician or a certified diabetes educator instead of traveling to the hospital for an appointment, The Record Delta reports.

The Health Resources and Services Administration, an HHS agency, awarded Vestal, N.Y.-based Binghamton University's nursing school $2.8 million in funding for telehealth training and technology to serve patients in rural areas, Business Journal News Network reports.

Forty states as well as Washington D.C., have either implemented policies or received awards to increase their state's telemedicine coverage and reimbursement in the past two years, according to the American Telemedicine Association's recent report.

Julesburg, Colo.-based Sedgwick County Health Center partnered with HealthOne Virtual Network, a telehealth provider, to offer virtual care services for neurology and psychiatric patients, Julesburg Advocate reports.