Telehealth

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care rolled out a telehealth program called TelePrEP to improve human immunodeficiency virus prevention in rural areas.

Glendale, Ariz.-based St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center — part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health — introduced a telemedicine robot into its intensive care unit, The Glendale Star reports.

Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, introduced a bill that would help Medicare providers expand telehealth services.

Specialists On Call, Inc. (“SOC”), the largest provider of telemedicine services and technology to US hospitals, announced that it has launched a post-acute care enterprise solution.

The House passed the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017 July 25, advancing the bill to the Senate.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, D, signed a law requiring the state Department of Health and Human Services to recommend a telemedicine standards policy to the North Carolina General Assembly by Oct. 1, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Maven, a New York City-based startup that bills itself as a digital clinic for women, raised $10.8 million in Series A funding, Fortune reports.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Independence Blue Cross entered into a five-year agreement to improve healthcare access, quality and cost for patients, The Philadelphia Tribune reports.

The Federal Communications Commission's Connect2Health Task Force will hold four virtual listening sessions on the broadband health divide in August and September.

Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., signed a bill July 20 that triggered the enactment of the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow nurses from 26 states to practice across state lines.