Telehealth
The public health department of Fulton County in New York is developing a telehealth pilot initiative, according to the Gloversville Leader-Herald.
Teladoc has partnered with Compass Professional Health Services, a healthcare technology and consulting company.
Mayo Clinic Health System emergency departments at two locations in Minnesota will offer patients 24/7 access to behavioral healthcare services via telemedicine.
Toledo, Ohio-based health system ProMedica and its affiliated health insurance provider Paramount Health Care have launched ProMedica OnDemand.
A study investigating whether remote physicians can perform physical examinations as effectively as on-site physicians in an emergency room has found promising results, according to a TytoCare news release.
Medtronic Care Management Services — which has supplied the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with telehealth solutions since 2011 — has been awarded another national contract from the VA for its home telehealth technologies.
Westbury, N.Y.-based Northwell Health Home Care Network is working with Hoboken, N.J.-based Health Recovery Solutions to expand home care patients' access to care.
Specialists On Call, a telemedicine provider and portfolio company of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has acquired NeuroCall, a tele-stroke and teleneurology company.
A study in Journal of Aging and Health investigated whether using human coaching in conjunction with a digital health program would help reduce patients' risk of diabetes.
As part of a new pilot program, urologists at University of Virginia are conducting bladder cancer screening exams via telemedicine, according to News 5 WCYB.