Telehealth

The U.S. Department of the Army intends to award a $80,973 sole-source contract to Fitbit, under which the agency's Medical Research and Materiel Command Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center will have access to 540 of the company's activity trackers.

SnapMD, a telehealth startup, named Deric Frost its chief revenue officer.

MediSprout linked its V2MD telehealth platform, which connects physicians and patients through video conferencing, with Amazon's artificial intelligence-powered voice assistant Alexa, Digital Journal reports.

Telehealth company MDLive plans to open an office in Chicago in early 2019, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Telemedicine is changing the healthcare landscape, offering opportunities for organizations to reduce costs and better serve patients.

The Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act, which is included in Congress' opioid package, would allow physicians to remotely prescribe drugs used to treat opioid addiction, The Hill reports.

Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego launched Project Baby Bear, the first state-funded program in California to offer rapid whole genome sequencing for newborns who are critically ill.

Acute care telemedicine provider SOC Telemed has partnered with Sound Physicians, a national physician practice, to expand its offerings across the U.S.

Teladoc Health launched Teladoc Global Care, a virtual care service that connects patients with relevant medical care worldwide, Sept. 20.

In a recent URAC blog post they explain why relationship building is key to success in rural tele-emergency.