Telehealth

Telehealth startups offering private, on-demand virtual care have been sharing some of the sensitive information gathered during a patient's intake and checkout process with big tech companies, TheMarkup reported Dec. 13. 

UNC Health System's integrative medicine clinic has expanded, allowing patients to conduct their visits either in-person or via telemedicine. 

Telehealth company Ro has tapped Gia Lee, former deputy general counsel at HHS, as the company's new legal chief, Bloomberg Law reported Dec. 9.

Becker's has covered three health systems and hospitals implementing new telehealth programs since Nov. 22: 

COVID-19 fell from the second to third most common telehealth diagnosis, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the widespread adoption of telehealth. However, a new report from the Boston-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute highlighted telehealth disparities across Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times reported Dec. 6. 

Healthcare organizations continue to grapple with a shrinking and burned-out workforce while simultaneously working to fulfill their missions of delivering high-quality care and expanding access. That has prompted a need for innovative solutions that can extend the reach of traditional…

Bay Pines (Fla.) VA Healthcare is rolling out a telehealth system for physicians and nurses in its intensive care unit, WTSP reported Dec. 1.

The American Hospital Association is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend and clarify pandemic-era rules that allowed providers to prescribe addiction-treatment medications through telehealth.

Over the past two years, the healthcare sector has been challenged to rapidly adopt a variety of technology trends like telehealth, as well as to closely follow an accelerated level of innovation in medical devices and new approaches for delivering…