Telehealth
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.
College Station-based Texas A&M University Health Science Center is extending its telemedicine services to medical facilities in Franklin and Hearne, both in Texas, as part of its partnership with CHI St. Joseph Health, according to Texas A&M Today.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas hospital partnered with Contessa, an acute home care management company, to offer its patients home recovery care services such as telehealth appointments and remote monitoring.
Missoula, Mont.-based Community Medical Center is partnering with telemedicine provider SOC Telemed on 24/7 neurology and stroke care coverage.
Cleveland-based MetroHealth System rolled out its urgent care telemedicine program July 1 to college students at select universities in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas and Florida.
Carenet Health, a San Antonio-based provider of telehealth and healthcare engagement solutions, announced July 1 its acquisition of Morrisville, N.C.-based Citra Health Solutions' engagement and telehealth subsidiary.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is providing free mental and physical telehealth visits for its health plan members who have recently been affected by severe weather and storms in areas of Ohio and South Dakota.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City recently launched the Hauser Institute for Health Innovation in recognition of the more than $50 million philanthropists Rita Hauser and Gustave Hauser have donated to the hospital's telemedicine programs.