Telehealth

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society endorsed a piece of telehealth legislation in May, joining 50 other stakeholder organizations. Now, the society is urging its members to do the same.

Teladoc completed its acquisition of Best Doctors, a medical consultation company focused on complex and costly medical issues, July 17.

In a recent press release, Outcome Health announced a new partnership with American Epilepsy Society.

NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital in New York City launched pediatric urgent care services on its NYP OnDemand telehealth platform.

Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center expanded its relationship with TeleSpecialists to launch a telestroke ambulance program.

The U.S. should pledge to eliminate the rural broadband gap by 2022, according to a Microsoft report.

Maryland has begun offering Medicaid enrollees a free telehealth app that connects them with emergency room physicians, according to WDVM.

Riverside (Calif.) University Health System will partner with the consulting firm TeleHealth Solutions to establish telehealth services at five regional correctional facilities.

It has been one year since New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian rolled out telehealth services on its NYP OnDemand platform, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Emme Deland writes in a New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst blog post.

Baltimore-based Sheppard Pratt Health System will expand its telemedicine services thanks to a $500,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, ABC-2 News reports.