Telehealth

Teladoc Health has created a patient safety organization dedicated to virtual care.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health partnered with Contessa, an acute home care management company, to offer its patients home recovery care services including virtual visits by a physician and remote monitoring.

Indianapolis-based IU Health's mobile stroke unit helped lessen the effects of a stroke that an Indiana resident experienced in March, WXIN, a Fox affiliate, reports.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC launched its new telemedicine company Infectious Disease Connect on May 16 to help hospitals that are experiencing shortages in infectious diseases specialists provide care to patients.

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Nurx, a San Francisco-based telemedicine startup that sells prescription drugs online, will make its services available to Iowa residents.

Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago is partnering with Angola, Ind.-based Cameron Memorial Community Hospital to offer telehealth care to pediatric patients with orthopedic and spine conditions, the Herald Republican reports.

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow out-of-state providers to extend their telehealth services to Florida residents, Proactive Investors reports.

Texas A&M University Health Science Center in Bryan is teaming up with Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, a telehealth teaching model for clinicians, on a program to address the opioid epidemic.

Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center received a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase its telemedicine services in rural areas of the state, KVIA, an ABC affiliate, reports.