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Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network.
Telehealth startup Cerebral sent letters to patients March 6 stating that some of their information may have been disclosed to social media companies when it used pixel tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites, LegalScoops reported.
This episode features Andrea Lee Linna, Partner at McGuireWoods, LLP. Here, she discusses what the end of the Covid public health emergency means for telehealth going forward, & the DEA’s proposed rule for bringing back the in-person medical evaluation requirement…
In this episode, Lee Schwamm, MD, who is a neurologist and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Telehealth and American Heart Association volunteer, describes the new era in telehealth, focusing on the boom in virtual care as well…
As hospital emergency rooms are dealing with staffing shortages, a spokesperson for Providence Centralia (Wa.) Hospital told The Chronicle March 8 that 20 to 25 percent of patients coming into their emergency room could receive telehealth care.
Drugs used to lose weight quickly have gained attention across social media and celebrity circles over the last year, fueling a rise in digital health startups that offer online prescriptions for drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, which are meant…
National telehealth utilization grew by 3.8 percent in December claiming 5.5 percent of medical claim lines compared to 5.3 percent in November, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Virtual care improved treatment for heart failure patients at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, according to a March 6 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
WeightWatchers has agreed to purchase telehealth company Sequence, which digitally prescribes weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, in a $132 million deal.
The American Telemedicine Association is naming CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Sree Chaguturu, MD, as chair-elect of the board of directors.