Telehealth

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute awarded $5 million to New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University School of Medicine to research telemedicine training measures for providers who treat pregnant women with opioid use disorders.

Akos MD, a telehealth provider, will expand the number of its kiosks for virtual care appointments at additional Arizona-based Safeway grocery stores this year, AZ Central reports.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health added remote monitoring technology from Advanced ICU Care, an intensive care unit telemedicine provider, for patients at Baptist Medical Center Nassau.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health opened its new emergency room telepsychiatry center April 18 at Lenox Health Greenwich Village hospital in New York City.

Ro, a direct-to-consumer telehealth app for pharmacy services, is valued at $500 million, TechCrunch reports.

Best Buy is now selling telehealth technology company Tyto Care's portable patient examination device for virtual appointments.

Visibly, an eye care telemedicine company, filed a lawsuit last week against Indiana agencies that enforce the statewide ban on ocular telemedicine, Indy Star reports.

pMD, a mobile telehealth platform, released a new HIPAA-compliant feature that allows healthcare providers to securely communicate through video chat.

Organizations involved in the mergers and acquisitions sweeping healthcare find themselves facing a daunting challenge: lack of standardization.

The National Center for the Advancement of Translational Sciences awarded a $3.6 million grant to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in support of pediatric telehealth research.