Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
Telehealth news covering program growth, utilization and payment. Becker's tracks telehealth reimbursement policy at the federal and state level and how virtual care fits into health system strategy.
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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
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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.
IBM Watson Health
Healthcare organizations face ample challenges when it comes to maintaining and meeting value-based care technology and information needs.
Appian
Last in a 3-part series from IDC, sponsored by Windstream, on the impact of SD-WAN
Rajesh Ghai
The technology company Exelus built an application that leverages Microsoft's HoloLens for telemedicine use and plans to demonstrate its capabilities at the Consumer Technology Association's 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, according to MSPoweruser.
In a recent press release, InTouch Health And Vivify Health announced they have partnered to integrate telehealth solutions for health systems to virtually deliver care through a single platform.
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InTouch Health and Vivify Health are partnering to integrate Vivify Health's remote care management solutions with InTouch Health's telehealth platform.