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…

Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare installed a telemedicine system for its rheumatology department to offer appointments to patients who are unable to travel to the hospital, CBS affiliate WABI reports.

Nurx, a telemedicine startup that sells prescription drugs such as birth control and HIV-prevention medication online, named Kim Boyd, MD, its new medical director.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Microsoft are partnering to extend broadband internet connectivity in rural areas, improving access to services like telemedicine for 4.7 million veterans.

Eight recent partnerships between health systems and telehealth vendors: