Telehealth

Concierge Telemedicine unveiled a tiered plan for employers, which offers telemedicine services to all employees and dependents.

Almost 30 percent of providers have implemented some sort of telehealth program in their clinical operation, according to mHealthWatch.

Calhoun, Ga.-based Gordon Hospital — a member of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System — launched remote monitoring services in its intensive care unit, according to Coosa Valley News.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest University's online master of studies in law degree and certificate program will launch a telemedicine course in August.

Westborough, Massachusetts-based EMR provider eClinicalWorks has added telehealth capabilities to its mobile app.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health plans to expand its Sanford Virtual Infusion Project, a program that provides remote chemotherapy infusion oversight, according to The Daily Globe.

The Fulton County Public Health Department in New York state will roll out a pilot telehealth program in July, the Leader Herald reports.

The American Telemedicine Association launched a task force to investigate sustainable virtual care practices. 

Bennington-based Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has initiated a telemedicine program with Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

Roughly 19 percent of consumers have used a virtual provider, although interest in the capability is growing, according to an Advisory Board survey.