Telehealth
Medtronic's Medtronic Care Management Services business launched new telehealth solutions in support of its national contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for home telehealth devices and services.
Smartphone photographs provide a convenient avenue for direct parent-to-clinician teledermatology care, according to recent research published in JAMA Dermatology.
The majority of healthcare executives and providers — 53 percent — either offer or plan to offer second opinion services via telemedicine, according to a Foley & Lardner survey.
The School of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin is using a robotic nurse to arm students with real-world experience in administering care via telemedicine, according to The Daily Texan.
It sometimes feels as if our country is mired in disaster. From Northern California to Puerto Rico, Houston to the Florida Keys, Americans have experienced an unprecedented string of calamities in the span of just a few months.
Gigi Sorenson, Chief Clinical Officer, GlobalMed
The HHS Office of Inspector General plans to conduct an audit of Medicaid services delivered via telecommunications systems, the agency announced earlier this month.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first option for remotely programming cochlear hearing implants Nov. 17.
The pediatrics department at Sacramento-based UC Davis Health received a $2 million grant from HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study whether a telemedicine program will improve quality of care for children with disabilities, the hospital announced Nov.…
Amerigroup will cover telehealth services through LiveHealth Online for members of its five Medicare Advantage plans in Texas beginning in 2018, the payer announced Nov. 13.
EpicMD, a company offering cloud-based telehealth and telemedicine technology, selected Jack Karabees to serve as president and vice president of sales.