One of the main barriers hospitals and health systems face when deciding whether or not to adopt telehealth programs is concerns with reimbursement, but progress is being made to clear up confusion, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy.

Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital teamed up to expand neurology treatment at Saint Anthony Hospital through a service that provides patients with 24/7, on-site care.

EpicMD, a telehealth technology platform provider, launched a national physician partner selection program.

Cambia Health Solutions, a Portland, Ore.-based health insurer, selected Lemonaid Health to provide its subsidiaries with telehealth services, the vendor confirmed Feb. 20.

A team of students from Charlottesville-based University of Virginia visited Koforidua, Ghana, during the summer to assess the feasibility of establishing a telemedicine program in the region, according to UVA Today.

MyTelemedicine joined forces with PaceMD, a humanitarian organization focused on supporting health initiatives in Latin America, to increase access to telehealth services among Spanish-speaking patients in the U.S. and Mexico.

The Grand Forks-based University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences added telehealth capabilities to its medical education curriculum, according to a Feb. 14 American Medical Association blog post.

MDLive pledged to offer free online behavioral health counseling sessions to those affected by the Feb. 14 shooting at Parkland, Fla.-based Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School through March 31.

Timothy Peck, MD, took an unusual career path to found his telemedicine company, Call9 — he moved from Silicon Valley to a nursing home in New York, reports CNBC.

Penn Medicine, the Philadelphia-based health system of the University of Pennsylvania, recently opened the Penn Medicine Center for Connected Care to centralize its telehealth activities.