Telehealth

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Walmart and RB, a global consumer health and hygiene company, have launched a telehealth initiative with Doctor On Demand.

Health insurance startup Oscar Health intends to cover telemedicine services for members with complex care needs, according to Politico.

Nurse-1-1, a startup from serial entrepreneur Michael Sheeley, on Oct. 15 launched an app to connect patients with physician assistants, nurse practitioners and registered nurses via text messages, TechCrunch reports.

Patients have historically been slow to adopt telemedicine — but those who do report strong satisfaction, according to a research letter published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Apple and medical device company Zimmer Biomet launched a new smartwatch app — and an associated clinical study — to support postoperative recovery for two major surgeries: hip and knee replacements.

Doctor On Demand expanded its senior leadership team with three new appointments.

CVS Health's MinuteClinic launched a new virtual healthcare service in Delaware.

Carla Kriwet, CEO of Connected Care and Health Informatics at Philips, is more than familiar with the opportunities and challenges hospitals face when leveraging health IT across the enterprise.

More employer health plans are offering telemedicine coverage, and employees are increasingly enrolling in plans that cover the service, according to new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.