Telehealth

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.

The Center for Connect Health Policy, the federally designated national telehealth policy resource center, published a recap of 2017's state telehealth legislative actions.  

Headlines abound about doctors cowering from AI. The reality: not so much.

Healthcare organizations face ample challenges when it comes to maintaining and meeting value-based care technology and information needs.