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Outcome Health, the leading healthcare decision platform being utilized by 200,000 physicians nationwide, announced the launch of a new technology solution to accelerate the patient recruitment process for clinical trials.
Phoenix-based Banner Health, through a collaboration with healthcare IT firm Royal Philips, utilized telehealth initiatives to reduce patient healthcare costs and hospitalization rates by roughly 50 percent in one year, an in-house study found.
Pacify Health, a Washington, D.C.-based digital health company, has partnered with Virginia's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, according to The Roanoke Times.
Oak Bluffs, Mass.-based Martha's Vineyard Community Services is set to open a psychiatry-focused telemedicine clinic, according to The Martha's Vineyard Times.
A new survey from American Well found 20 percent of individuals would switch providers if another physician in their area offered telehealth services.
Shoshone, Idaho, residents will no longer have to travel to another town to fill their prescription medications, according to the Twin Falls Times-News.
The Princeton-based New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University's Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling has released a new poll, investigating New Jersey residents' responses to telehealth.
Teladoc is selling shares of its common stock, including 6,650,000 shares offered by Teladoc and 1,600,000 shares offered by certain Teladoc stockholders.
Amerigroup Washington, a health insurance and managed healthcare provider in Washington state, has partnered with the digital health company myStrength.
As the snow came down in Oregon earlier this month, medical workers got creative in treating their patients.