Telehealth
Marion, Ill.-based Heartland Regional Medical Center recently partnered with St. Louis-based SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital to support families in need of specialized newborn care, WPSD Local 6 reports.
The Joint Commission renewed Specialists On Call's Gold Seal of Approval for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation, the telemedicine provider announced Feb. 8.
The American Hospital Association penned a letter Feb. 2 to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to increase funding for its Rural Health Care Program.
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.