Telehealth

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has approved $23 million in funding for three telehealth studies, including one involving Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.

CMS proposed changes to the physician fee schedule that would provide physicians with additional compensation to account for balancing telehealth visits with maintaining their physical offices, Politico reported July 17.

Epic Video Client will replace the previous telemedicine platforms used at Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services starting in August.

Teladoc is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its artificial intelligence services, which can automate clinical documentation, on the company's telehealth platform. 

Even though telehealth appointments have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic,  Cleveland Clinic said it is still betting on virtual care to lower costs and to reach patients who are more comfortable accessing care online, Ideastream Public Media reported…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has partnered with federally qualified health center Chapel Hill-based Piedmont Health to combat maternal health inequities by creating a new virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service.  

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that telehealth did not reduce costs or the number of future visits for patients with circulatory, respiratory or infectious diseases.

Intermountain Filmore (Utah) Community Hospital is seeing payoff from a telehealth program designed to help moms breastfeed. 

Here are the four most common telehealth diagnoses based on data from Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, according to July 6 news release from Fair Health.

Physicians at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's emergency department will now be able to connect to Salt Lake City-based Primary Children's Hospital trauma and pediatric ICU specialists via telehealth.