Telehealth

Six U.S. Senators on May 3 introduced bipartisan legislation to expand telehealth and remote patient monitoring services to Medicare patients.

Seventy-six percent of hospitals either have consumer telehealth services in place or plan to implement the capability by the end of 2018, according to a survey conducted by Teladoc and Becker's Healthcare.

A new study, published in Health Affairs, examines telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries suffering from mental illnesses across the United States.

Royal Philips on April 23 introduced eCareManager 4.1, a clinical workflow solution for teleICU providers, at the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference in Orlando.

PlushCare, a direct-to-consumer online urgent care provider, rolled out a new EHR to its 50 affiliated telehealth physicians.

The Center for Connected Health Policy, a nonprofit telehealth policy resource organization, published its fifth annual State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies report.

Thirty-one percent of healthcare providers use video-based virtual care services to improve access to care, according to a KPMG survey.

The American Telemedicine Association presented the Santana Telehealth Project with its 2017 ATA Humanitarian Award on April 23 at the association's annual conference in Orlando.

The Federal Communications Commission's Connect2Health Task Force on April 24 released a public notice seeking data and comments on how to accelerate digital health accessibility.

Although only 15 percent of parents have used telemedicine treatment for their children, interest in virtual services is increasing, according to a survey conducted by Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health System.