Telehealth
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.
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health will be the official healthcare provider of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
In addition to securing $2.3 million in a seed round, Austin, Texas-based Chiron Health's HIPAA-compliant telemedicine software launched for iPhone and iPad Wednesday.
A recent telemedicine survey from Anthem and the American Academy of Family Physicians' Robert Graham Center confirmed industry optimism and infrastructural woes in telehealth practice.
EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine is incorporating a telemedicine app into its medical record software, according to MedCity News.