WVU Medicine Children's, a Morgantown, W.Va.-based hospital affiliated with Morgantown-based West Virginia University, opened a specialty telehealth clinic in Martinsburg, W.Va. — a three-hour drive from the hospital.

Wildflower Health, a mobile health software company, acquired a women's health venture incubated by Providence St. Joseph Health, the Renton, Wash.-based health system confirmed June 21.

GeneMatters and Clear Genetics joined forces to offer a service that combines chatbots with live genetic counselors to allow more patients to receive genetic counseling in a timely manner.

A study, published in CHEST, examined the effects of a Veterans Affairs' intensive care unit telemedicine program on interhospital transfers.

A telehealth program that connects primary care providers with liver specialists may improve mortality rates for patients with liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Hepatology.

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently began offering its "anywhere-to-anywhere" telehealth services, which enables VA physicians to provide veterans with virtual care regardless of state regulations, according to FCW.

When Western Africa was facing its Ebola crisis from 2014-16, the University of Virginia Health System sprang into action to expand its outreach efforts, ZDNet reports.

The majority of commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal to increase funding for the agency's Rural Health Care Program, Mr. Pai announced June 14.

Orlando-based Florida Hospital is teaming up with World Housing Solution, which recently launched its Clinics on Wheels division, to provide telemedicine services in Puerto Rico, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in late May to waive Medicare's originating site restrictions for telehealth when treating substance abuse disorders.