Telehealth

The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, an office of HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center a $975,000 grant to fund its operations through August 2020.

An established telehealth program in Houston helped emergency services departments distribute ambulances in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, StateScoop reports.

Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health deployed New York City-based TripleCare as its telemedicine solution at four of its skilled nursing facilities.

HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration designated Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center a national "telehealth center of excellence" during an Oct. 5 news conference in Washington, D.C.

Teladoc unveiled its updated mobile app at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., Oct. 3.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System is adding teleneurology and telepsychiatry to its telemedicine offerings through Specialists On Call.

HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina a $600,000 grant, establishing it as one of only two national Telehealth Centers of Excellence in the U.S.

While joining representatives from various companies at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference, Teladoc announced the unveiling of its new mobile app, focusing on its easy-to-use, patient-centered experience and its potential to revolutionize how patients manage their health. 

WellStar Health System, the largest health system in Georgia, expands its telemedicine capabilities with Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), by adding TeleNeurology and TelePsychiatry services.

A plurality of healthcare organizations (36 percent) are currently evaluating adoption plans for telemedicine, another 26 percent say they will never adopt the service, according to a recent survey by Reaction Data, which brands itself a research-as-a-service firm.