Telehealth

Victoria, Texas-based Crossroads Area Veteran Center is implementing a new telehealth system that will connect veterans to mental health specialists at Corpus Christi (Texas) Vet Center through videoconferencing technology, Victoria Advocate reports.

The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston will ramp up investments in its transplant telehealth program throughout the rest of the year, SC Now reports.

Pregnant patients who use a mobile prenatal care app and have fewer in-person clinic visits show no difference in patient or provider satisfaction than those who receive all prenatal care and education in person, according to a study published in…

St. Louis-based SSM Health is upping the ante for providers in Wisconsin and Missouri by offering all residents — established patients or not, health insurance or not — $25 virtual visits within an hour of requesting an appointment.

Gains in broadband internet access are smaller than previously reported, according to tech publication Ars Technica.

AdventHealth Dade City (Fla.), part of AdventHealth system in Altamonte Springs, Fla., added Advanced ICU Care's remote monitoring technology for patients in its intensive care unit.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health and Hayward (Wis.) Area Memorial Hospital launched a telemedicine program geared toward expanding virtual neurology care, Sawyer County Record reports.

Telehealth fraud appears to be on the rise, as more patients are opting into virtual appointments with their physicians via audio and video technology, Legal Reader reports.

Telehealth technology company CirrusMD, which offers a chat-based solution for health plans, raised $15 million in its latest financing round.

Teladoc Health released its earnings results for the first quarter of 2019.