Roughly 15 percent of physicians say they've worked in a medical practice that uses telemedicine to connect with patients, according to a recent survey commissioned by the American Medical Association and published in Health Affairs.

In 2019, Stanford Children's Health in Palo Alto, Calif., expects to conduct more than double the number of telehealth visits it did in 2018.

Health Navigator, a health information company, entered into a partnership with Tyto Care, a telehealth company focused on providing virtual home examination and diagnosis solutions.

Medici, developer of an app a mobile phone application that connects physicians and patients, acquired Chiron Health, a telemedicine company.

Patients and consumers today are looking for personalization, whether it be a custom treatment plan, medical device, payment option or care routine.

Patients who used telemedicine to check in with providers after vascular surgery demonstrated higher care satisfaction than peers discharged under normal care processes, according to a study published in Annals of Vascular Surgery.

The majority of providers indicate expanded reimbursement would accelerate their plans to use telemedicine, according to a Reaction Data survey.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped OptumServe to provide veterans with new telehealth services in 2019.

Toby Cosgrove, MD, former CEO of Cleveland Clinic, told CNBC he foresees 2019 as the year telehealth becomes ubiquitous.

UPMC partnered with Giant Eagle, a large supermarket chain, to deploy telehealth service kiosks in the pharmacy area at several of its stores.