Telehealth

Indianapolis-based St. Vincent, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, will open two telemedicine clinics this month to facilitate consultations between kidney transplant patients in underserved areas and St. Vincent transplant physicians.

The Federal Communications Commission's plan to make network neutrality voluntary may exacerbate health disparities, four public health and technology experts wrote in a Health Affairs blog post.

Indiana lawmakers approved telehealth legislation in July 2016, prompting a surge of activity in the virtual healthcare industry throughout the state, the Greensburg Daily News reports. Since then, a school-focused telehealth initiative has taken root, sparking rural Hanover, Ind.-based Southwestern…

eVisit, a Mesa, Ariz.-based telemedicine software company, raised $2 million during its most recent funding round.

U.S. HealthWorks, an operator of occupational healthcare centers, selected American Well to provide telemedicine services.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., launched a telemedicine program to connect its physicians with emergency pediatric patients at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville, N.J.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R, this weekend signed Senate Bill 1107, expanding patients' access to video telemedicine services throughout the state, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network will implement video telemedicine at 15 school-based health centers through a partnership with swyMed.

Telemedicine policies are rapidly changing year to year. Since 2016, seven states have improved their coverage and reimbursement of telemedicine services, while three have furthered their restrictions, according to an American Telemedicine Association report.

The Sacramento (Calif.) City Unified School District may implement HippoMD's telemedicine services across the district, according to The Sacramento Bee. However, not all school personnel are on board.