Telehealth

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System has unveiled its telehealth program, according to South Bend Tribune.

A new veterans clinic in St. James, Mo., has begun offering telehealth services to its patients, according to The Rolla Daily News.

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has launched a pediatric telehealth weight management pilot study.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare improves infectious disease care and antibiotic prescriptions through its Infectious Diseases TeleHealth program, according to a post on the health system's blog.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge West Hospital has rolled out a telemedicine program for 24/7 stroke care, according to Chattanoogan.com.

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital has partnered with Teladoc to offer patients remote treatment services, according to CBS Chicago. The program is slated to launch Jan. 1, 2017.

A study in Chest investigated how patient flow changes following the implementation of a telemedicine intensive care unit, or tele-ICU.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana partnered with telemedicine services and software provider MDLive to provide Humana Medicare Advantage members remote physician access in select Georgia and South Carolina counties.

Tampa, Fla.-based payer WellCare will pilot a home telemonitoring initiative for chronically ill Medicare Advantage members in three states. 

Manchester, N.H.-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will extend coverage to physician remote access technologies for its 2017 Medicare Advantage New Hampshire plans.