Telehealth

The governor of Mississippi recently signed into law a bill that requires insurers to cover telehealth services on par with in-person care.

The high demand for neurologists at Hackensack Meridian Health prompted officials at the New Jersey-based system to establish a telestroke program powered by Teladoc to get eyes on stroke patients as quickly as possible. 

Massachusetts has launched a free telehealth program to screen COVID-19 patient eligibility and provide prescriptions for the new antiviral medication Paxlovid.

A telehealth prescription company designed for gender-based health needs is reporting strong revenue growth.

Winston Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health announced plans to pilot a remote patient monitoring program that allows bariatric patients to receive ongoing or follow-up care related to their procedure or condition from their home. 

HHS announced it will release $16.3 million in grants for family planning groups to expand their telehealth services and infrastructure. 

Telehealth providers often struggle with several key problems, including accessibility of the platform, regulatory and infrastructure barriers and sharing data. A report from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, released May 10, highlights those key challenges and provides solutions for…

The increased adoption of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic raised the rate of completed primary care visits for Black patients by 10 percent, according to a study published May 2 in Telemedicine and e-Health. 

Amwell has been growing its number of providers and patients in the first quarter of 2022 as it released its results from its first financial report of the year May 9. 

While telehealth and at-home health screening are popular with employees, many of them have issues with data privacy and who the results will be shared with, according to the 2022 Health at Work survey from Quest Diagnostics.