Telehealth

A bill that would expand telehealth coverage to Medicare Advantage plans would reduce healthcare expenditures by $80 million over the next 10 years, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis.

Health IT Now, a coalition of patient groups, provider organizations, health payers and health IT companies, assembled 24 other organizations to write a letter of support Sept. 26 for a bill that would expand veterans' access to telehealth services.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that would expand some programs created by the ACA for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions, reports The Hill.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health launched remote intensive care unit services through a partnership with Advanced ICU Care, a telemedicine and patient monitoring provider.

Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Northwest Community Healthcare added telemedicine services to its pediatric emergency department through a partnership with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

The U.S. is facing an opioid crisis — one so severe that on Aug. 10, President Donald Trump declared it a national emergency.

The global telemedicine market is anticipated to experience rapid growth over the next six years, according to a Market Research Future report.

The telemedicine equation all started in the late 1800's with an article about using a telephone to reduce office visits.

Arlington-based Texas Health Aetna is offering north Texas employers access to its ER Doc virtual care app connecting patients to emergency room physicians, Mesquite News reports.

Telemedicine technology is supporting positive health outcomes for rural women with high-risk pregnancies, according to The Wall Street Journal.