Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care plans to expand its remote-monitoring program to 7,000 patients after a successful pilot launch, MLive reported Aug. 22.

As patients have increasingly sought telehealth services in recent years, while regulators have opened up rules allowing providers to be paid for them, the virtual care market is expected to continue growing.

MUSC Health Columbia (S.C) Medical Center Downtown partnered with telemedicine company Hicuity Health to launch tele-ICU services. 

Optum's online marketplace, which aims to provide affordable healthcare products and services, now has virtual care visits.

Infant feeding telehealth company SimpliFed is expanding services to Health First Colorado beneficiaries.

The Atlanta Board of Education approved a plan giving Atlanta public schools w access to telehealth services through Hazel Health, according to an Aug.14 report from WSB-TV Atlanta.

Remote monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with better outcomes for patients at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

Telehealth company Teladoc Health has launched an A1C at-home diabetes testing program for members of its Livongo diabetes management program.

Milwaukee Bucks star power forward and former National Basketball Association's most valuable player Giannis Antetokounmpo is investing in telehealth company Antidote, according to an Aug. 11 report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Cloud-based healthcare tech company NexGen Healthcare has added a group visit function to its telehealth platform that will allow specialists and other providers to collaborate on the same telehealth call and include patients' family members, the company said Aug. 9.