Telehealth

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.

To cut healthcare costs, health insurer Cigna is extending its telehealth services in 2017 to most of its employer-sponsored group plans and on- and off-exchange plans.