Telehealth
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System opened what it calls the region's first "virtual hospital" in August.
Many hospitals and health systems are increasingly turning to telemedicine solutions to optimize costs and strengthen patient engagement. Telemedicine can also be leveraged to improve pharmacy services by enabling pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical care services to a wider range of…
Acute telemedicine provider SOC Telemed on Aug. 20 acquired behavioral health telemedicine company JSA Health in a deal that makes SOC Telemed the nation's largest acute telepsychiatry provider.
Twenty-nine percent of executives from healthcare providers agree telemedicine is the most promising emerging technology trend in the healthcare industry, according to a Reaction Data report.
Amar Gupta, PhD, a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, told WRVO that there is a practical use for telemedicine that many healthcare organizations haven't yet realized: a 24-hour "knowledge factory."
Nurx, a telemedicine platform, unveiled a new at-home laboratory testing kit for patients seeking PrEP, a medication that helps prevent HIV-negative people from becoming infected.
Aspirus Iron River (Mich.) Hospital partnered with Traverse City, Mich.-based Indigo Health Partners to offer telehealth hospitalist services for night coverage, according to an Iron Mountain Daily News report.
Manchester, N.H.-based GraniteOne Health is launching tele-stroke services at Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N.H., and Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, N.H., according to a Conway Daily Sun report.
As wildfires continue to destroy parts of California and force thousands to flee their homes, several telehealth vendors have stepped up to provide affected individuals access to free healthcare services.
Many hospitals and health systems are looking for strategic ways to optimize their costs while closing the continuum of care loop for patients. These organizations can effectively scale their operations by implementing an outpatient telepharmacy solution, a safe, secure and…