Telehealth

Randolph, Vt.-based Gifford Health Care is expanding its psychiatric services for emergency department patients by using Alpine Telehealth's video conferencing abilities.

Here are 12 hospitals and health systems that implemented telehealth technology and services in May:

Navy Medicine awarded consulting firm Accenture's federal business a potential five-year, $79 million contract to help manage its telementoring program.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health patients can now access TytoCare's portable patient examination device for telehealth appointments.

Noctem, a telehealth startup, received a $1.3 million grant from the Medical Technology Consortium Enterprise to pilot a virtual care platform that treats sleep disorders in U.S. military service members.

Best Buy acquired Critical Signal Technologies, a personal emergency response systems and telehealth monitoring services provider, around May 3, Digital Commerce 360 reports.

Various hospitals, health systems and health-focused technology companies are turning their focus to preventative care. Some health system leaders describe this as keeping patients out of a hospital while consistently providing quality care.

Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital is using a new platform developed by Locus Health, a digital health platform company, to improve follow-up care for cardiology and neonatal intensive care unit patients.  

The Infectious Diseases Society of America highlighted six categories that telemedicine can be applied to help increase access to patient care for infectious diseases, according to the organization's statement published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Alan Roga, MD, president of health systems for Teladoc Health, led a discussion about consumer telehealth strategy during an executive roundtable at the Becker's Hospital Review 10th Annual Meeting in Chicago in April. The discussion was driven by results from…