Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $274,092 grant to Portland-based MaineHealth — an integrated healthcare delivery network — that will fund a three-year project to expand rural telehealth capabilities.

InTouch Health, a telehealth solutions provider, and Decisio Health, a company focused on real-time clinical decision support for acute care systems, are joining forces.

Early Friday morning Congress passed legislation to fund the government through March 23 and the bill  included a number of healthcare provisions affecting telehealth, according to a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society blog post.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives penned a letter Feb. 2 to the Federal Communications Commission, urging the agency to double its annual funding for rural telehealth.

The House passed its short-term resolution Tuesday evening, temporarily funding the government through March 23. However, some of the bill's measures may be more permanent, according to Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

The American Academy of Family Physicians penned a letter Jan. 31 to the Federal Communications Commission advocating for the expansion of rural telehealth services.

A Kansas bill aimed at expanding telemedicine has come under fire for its restriction on abortion-inducing prescriptions, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal.

Holton (Kan.) Community Hospital added telemedicine capabilities to its emergency room, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports.

A group of four healthcare and telecommunications organizations in October partnered to launch a telehealth center out of a library in Kentucky, according to Kentucky Today.

A commitment to patient safety and pride in its physician network inspired Catalyst Health Network(Catalyst) to devote time and resources to achieving URAC Clinical Integration Accreditation in December. It wasn’t always an easy journey, but there was never any doubt it was worth…