Telehealth

Around 79 percent of U.S. adults received healthcare virtually in 2017, according to Accenture's 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson selected SnapMD's virtual care management software as its systemwide telehealth platform, the company confirmed March 14.

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago and Cincinnati are joining forces with Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, Mich., to offer pediatric telehealth services to patients in Michigan, according to a Midland Daily News report.

A pilot program focused on remote therapy and data exchange improved blood glucose control among children and teenagers with Type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in Pediatric Diabetes.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Rural Health is collaborating with the VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative to increase access to mental healthcare for rural veterans via telehealth, the agency announced March 6.

Collaboration Focused on Optimizing the Development, Clinical Validation and Usability of Practical AI Algorithms Through the Nuance AI Marketplace  

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will use patient engagement platform Wellpepper's new Marketplace to make its interactive care plans available to other health systems.

Data integration is challenging in health systems as healthcare data is fragmented over dozens or even hundreds of applications.

Healthcare consumers are increasingly turning to virtual health services, with 25 percent of patients reporting they received virtual care services in the previous year, up from 21 percent one year prior, according to a survey released by Accenture.

A team of researchers at the West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University is embarking on a five-year, long-distance study on the prospective surveillance of autism symptom emergence in high-risk infants, which could ultimately inform earlier, more targeted therapies.