Telehealth

The USDA granted $465,000 to Marietta Memorial Hospital in Ohio to implement a telemedicine program for opioid addiction, NBC affiliate WTAP reports.

The USDA is awarding Nevada more than $226,000 in grants to install video and audio technology needed for telemedicine appointments in rural counties.

Savannah, Ga.-based Southcoast Health partnered with Teladoc Health to launch a mobile app that patients can access for virtual healthcare appointments.

The FCC voted July 10 to approve a $100 million connected care pilot program that aims to provide telehealth services to low-income patients in rural America.  

New York anesthesiologist Anna Steiner, MD, was indicted July 9 in federal court for her alleged participation in a $7 million telemedicine scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicare Part D and private insurance plans, according to the Department of…

In October 2015, Mercy health system — which operates 30 acute care hospitals across four states — opened the world's first virtual care center. Mercy Virtual is a four-story, 125,000-square-foot building located in Chesterfield, Mo., where the medical staff is…

Microsoft is partnering with Watch Communications, a telecommunications services provider, to bring broadband internet access to rural areas of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

In the wake of hospital closures and healthcare provider shortages in remote communities, rural Americans are turning to telehealth for services from behavioral health to cardiology, according to NPR.

West Virginia United Health System and Mon Health Medical Center, both located in Morgantown W.Va., are teaming up on telemedicine services to expand neurology and stroke care for patients at Mon Health's facilities, Morgantown News reports. 

Since launching its Home Recovery Care program in September 2016, Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System has expanded the telehealth program to 250 patients and 150 treated conditions, according to the American Medical Association.