Telehealth

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.

Telehealth utilization decreased across all regions in April, decreasing nationally by 5.4 percent month over month, according to a July 6 news release from Fair Health.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote dismissed a lawsuit against Teladoc that alleges that the virtual healthcare company misled investors regarding its business, operations and future prospects. 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine shut down one of its urgent care centers, Penn Urgent Care South Philadelphia, on June 30 as more patients are turning to telehealth for care, 10 Philadelphia reported July 6. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is using telehealth to increase access to contraceptives after Utah pharmacists were allowed to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives directly to adult women in the state, TownLift reported July 6.

A study from EHR vendor Epic Systems found that providers who conduct telehealth visits for patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety are no more or less likely to prescribe medication during visits than physicians who meet with patients in person. 

Telehealth startup TytoCare is laying off 20 employees, or 10 percent of its 200-person workforce, CTech reported July 6.