Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
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In-store sales of a handheld device that lets users perform comprehensive medical exams have expanded to four more states.
Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind., will offer virtual care appointments to local elementary school students as part of a new telehealth center for students, according to the Washington Times Herald.
The Georgia Department of Public Health aims to deploy more than 20 additional statewide telemedicine programs within the next two years, State Tech reports.
St. Louis-based SSM Health recently rolled out its virtual visits program for patients in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Oklahoma, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network is partnering with Mercy Virtual, a telehealth services provider, to develop a new virtual care model for critically ill patients.
Billings (Mont.) Clinic partnered with Blue Sky Telehealth, a neurological virtual care company, to provide neurology and stroke care during the hospital's overnight hours, the Billings Gazette reports.
Privately held health IT company Medable unveiled a telemedicine solution for patients participating in clinical trials.
Vida Health, a telehealth platform for physical and behavioral health, secured $30 million in funding toward its technology treatment initiatives for chronic disease.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced June 19 that the agency will vote next month to advance a $100 million pilot program that aims to expand telehealth services for low-income Americans.
Fifty-two percent of U.S. residents over 65 years old are willing to use telehealth services, according to a recent American Well survey.