Telehealth

New mergers in the healthcare space — like this week's $69 billion Aetna and CVS takeover — may give telemedicine its long-awaited, and much-deserved, boost, according to an analysis by CNBC health and technology reporter Christina Farr.

Robert C. Bollinger, MD, a professor of infectious diseases at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and founder of mHealth company emocha, laid out four reasons telemedicine can help address the opioid epidemic in an op-ed for The Hill.

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said during a speech on aging and technology in Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, his proposal to reverse Obama-era net neutrality regulations has the potential to support access to telemedicine.

Telepsychiatry services will soon be an option for patients at Mercy Medical Center-Centerville (Iowa), according to Daily Iowegian.

Teladoc reported record growth Monday, noting its services expanded more than 100 percent in the hospital and health system market in 2017.

MDLive, a Sunrise, Fla.-based telemedicine provider, launched Sophie, an artificial intelligence-powered health assistant chatbot, the company announced Nov. 29.

St. Louis-based SSM Health has introduced telepharmacy services at several locations in Wisconsin, the health system announced Nov. 30.

Teladoc dismissed a longstanding lawsuit in Texas Friday involving telemedicine rights and services in the state.

Five-year, cross-modality, program for structured upgrades maximizes clinical value of Philips imaging system investments

In a recent press release from Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, among other core businesses, announced today it is hosting an upcoming live webinar entitled “The Art of Unfolding…