Telehealth

Home-based telemedicine may prove a successful delivery method to address dementia risk in older Americans, according to researchers from the Indianapolis-based Indiana University Center for Aging Research.

As rural hospitals continue to close across the country, communities in need of healthcare services may turn to more cost-effective alternatives such as telemedicine, according to a report out of the College Station-based Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute.

Carena, a Seattle-based telemedicine startup, raised $6 million in a recent round of funding, according to GeekWire.com.

eClinicalWorks launched a telehealth solution on its Health & Online Wellness mobile app June 7.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will no longer reimburse emergency department visits it deems unnecessary as of July 1. Instead, the insurer will ask patients to take advantage of other services, such as its telehealth platform.  

Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network selected Teladoc for its new telehealth initiative.

Many patients report satisfaction using video telemedicine to connect with primary care clinicians, according to new research out of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University.

The state of Vermont is set to expand its coverage of telemedicine services after Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed bill S.50 into law June 7, Vermont Business Magazine reports.

Paramedicine professionals need telemedicine services to address the changing role of EMS agencies, fire officer Robert Avsec wrote in Fire Chief.

Direct healthcare delivery costs, such as those associated with physician services, medications and hospital stays, are vigorously researched and reported. Less is known about the indirect costs associated with healthcare. One recent study, however, sheds light on that crucial, lesser…