Optima Health is piloting telehealth company MDLive's recently launched quality performance product CareLink, which aims to help health systems improve various clinical quality metrics.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare teamed up with a local Kentucky school district to provide telemedicine services for elementary school students, Courier Journal reports.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a new law April 18 that requires telehealth services be covered by commercial health plans, The National Law Review reports.

After their recent partnership, telemedicine provider Doctor On Demand and Humana are launching a new health plan called On Hand, which is focused on comprehensive virtual primary care.

Large health systems consider remote patient monitoring and telehealth as their top information technology priorities, according to a Vidyo report.

Vail (Colo.) Health will provide $60 million in support of a new nonprofit collaborative that aims to improve access to mental health services.

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.