Telehealth

New Hampshire is launching a telehealth service through a partnership with Newport-based On-Site Medical Services that will work to expand Paxlovid access in the state, NHPR reported Nov. 3. 

Because of nursing shortages, many health systems and hospitals are looking at virtual care models to reduce the strain on frontline caregivers.

School districts across the country are using telehealth to provide care to their students, and telehealth companies are looking at school districts as potential customers.

Telehealth company DocGo has received a $90 million line of credit, with Citibank acting as the administrative agent for the transaction.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has selected virtual care company Veta Health to perform its telehealth monitoring.

Telehealth company DocGo has launched an app allowing Epic EHR users to track and request DocGo services. 

A new study sponsored by KeyCare, a virtual care company built with Epic, found that it was "very important" to 79 percent of patients that their telehealth provider and their regular physician both have access to their health records.

Travis County, Texas, is implementing Tele911 telehealth services into its emergency response system, Fox 7 Austin reported Oct. 28.

Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health system is launching the Neuroglee Connect system to monitor at-home patients with mild cognitive impairments.

Below is a list of investments that health systems made in virtual care startups, programs and initiatives in October: