Telehealth

OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., is testing virtual nursing in three medical-surgical units.

Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn., is offering sleep care to its patients using its Mobile Health Clinic.

Saint Peter's Healthcare System, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now offering patients 18 years and older access to urgent virtual care. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health is expanding its virtual care capabilities by launching AI-powered virtual nursing.

The American Hospital Association is asking CMS to stop a pending requirement that healthcare providers list their addresses if they're providing telehealth from their homes.

The Drug Enforcement Administration extended certain COVID-19 era rules to allow healthcare providers to continue prescribing certain controlled substances via telehealth through the end of 2024, The Hill reported Oct. 6.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals have launched telehealth abortion access, becoming the first public health system in the nation to do so. 

CMS has proposed maintaining geographic flexibility for telehealth through Dec. 31, 2024, allowing Medicare beneficiaries to be treated virtually by physicians located anywhere in the U.S.

Despite the decline in telehealth usage in recent months, two telehealth companies are still valued at $3 billion or more, according to an Aug. 31 report from CB Insights.

The metaverse refers to immersive technologies such as extended reality (XR), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR.) These immersive technologies have the potential to help healthcare organizations improve health equity and reach other goals, from workforce shortages to patient…