Telehealth

The pandemic has made it clear: the delivery of healthcare is changing, and technology is playing a key role.

Telehealth startup Cerebral is putting a pause on prescribing controlled substances to new patients as the company faces allegations of overprescribing, The Wall Street Journal reported May 4.

Boston Children's Hospital partnered with virtual care platform Summus Global to innovate and expand its pediatric virtual care options to more patients.

Telehealth innovation company UniDoc has created a private telehealth booth, called the H3 Cube, which is a private, fully functional office, which is comparable to a physician's office.

Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Hospital created a telehealth program designed for patients with burn injuries.

A study of more than 40 million Americans with acute conditions showed that those who use telehealth are more likely to schedule an in-person follow up, go to the emergency room and ultimately become an in-patient admission. 

Walmart Health launched a telehealth diabetes program for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health will deploy a telemedicine platform to assist Ukrainian front-line medical workers.

Teladoc reported it will take a charge of $6.6 billion to write down the value of its acquisitions, reflecting the waning market value of its acquisition of chronic care company Livongo.

Amwell named Susan Worthy as chief marketing officer.