Telehealth

Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital rolled out a telestroke program in December, Webcenter11 reports.

Piscataway, N.J.-based Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and Newark, N.J.-based Rutgers New Jersey Medical School launched a telemedicine program to help pediatricians identify mental illness in children, the university announced Jan. 3.

Officials at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health are developing a telemedicine program to expand patients' access to substance abuse treatment services, The Daily Republic reports.

In 2017, 62 legislative bills in 34 states and Washington D.C., were passed and federal bills, which have typically been stalled in committees, have also made advancements through the House and Senate, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy.

A sweeping new national telehealth survey by URAC and Telemedicine Magazine provides an interesting snapshot regarding the status of telehealth realities and aspirations among a host of key groups.

A group of community leaders, rural advocates and innovators teamed up to form Connect Americans Now, a coalition that seeks to eliminate the digital divide in the country by 2022, according to Advanced Television.

A telestroke program introduced at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente streamlined the health system's stroke care across 21 hospitals, according to a study published in Stroke.

The first telemedicine clinic and kiosk available to the Alaskan public opened Dec. 12 in the Anchorage (Alaska) 5th Avenue Mall, KTUU-2 reports.

Interview with Mark Zielazinski, Chief Information & Technology Integration Office at Marin General Hospital and Richard Towbin, MD, Chief Radiology Officer at Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health unveiled its MedNow application, a standalone telemedicine app.