Researchers from UCLA and Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles proved Fitbit personal activity trackers could be a useful remote patient monitoring device, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Teladoc on May 31 acquired international virtual care provider Advance Medical for an estimated $292 million in cash and $60 million of Teladoc common stock.

EpicMD introduced Carie, a third-generation mobile telehealth platform.

The global telemedicine market is expected to experience rapid growth over the next five years, according to a P&S Market Research report.

Three-quarters of U.S. hospitals either have consumer telehealth services in place or plan to implement the capability by the end of 2019, according to Teladoc's second annual state of consumer telehealth benchmark survey.

Dick Daniels, CIO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, is charged with growing the health system's digital operations, but that growth is happening almost naturally, he told The Wall Street Journal.

Since Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health launched a telehealth program in 2014, it has delivered almost 50,000 virtual visits that avoided more than 11,000 trips to the emergency room and saved insurers nearly $4.1 million, according to Digital Commerce 360.

The American Academy of Pediatrics added SnapMD's virtual care management platform to its AAP Member Advantage Program, the telehealth provider confirmed May 22.

Virtual care provider Doctor On Demand surpassed 1 million video visits in just over four years, the company announced May 22.

Avera eCARE Services, a telemedicine program operated by Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health, has delivered a range of remote care services since its creation 25 years ago, the Marshall Independent reports.