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Odessa (Texas) College is partnering with telehealth company META to provide mental health counseling services to students.
Zócalo Health, a Latino-focused telehealth company founded by two Amazon veterans, has received $5 million in seed funding to launch its virtual primary care services.
Telehealth company LifeMD is naming former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal to its board of directors.
Dallas-based White Rock Medical Center has partnered with telemedicine developer SHL Telemedicine to use its technology to conduct pre-surgery physicals in remote locations.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has surpassed 1.5 million telehealth visits since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
Researchers have created a "digital mask" they say could help keep patients' images private in EHRs and during telehealth visits, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that across nearly 50,000 visits, pediatric patients continued to use telemedicine even with the reopening of outpatient clinics a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Sept. 16 study…
Manchester, N.H.-based Amoskeag Health is partnering with Beech Street and Gossler Park elementary schools to create in-school health centers, according to Sept. 15 reporting by New Hampshire Public Radio.
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is rolling out a telehealth service for pediatric patients.
A recent study from Software Advice shows that 91 percent of patients are more likely to choose providers who offer telehealth appointments than those who do not.