Telehealth

Across the U.S., mental health conditions were the No. 1 telehealth diagnosis in November 2021, according to new data from Fair Health.

While telehealth took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been marred by inequitable use and access. A new study reveals demographic disparities in telehealth usage depending on whether patients access those services via video or audio call.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health made sweeping expansions to its telehealth program during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase of urgent video visits by nearly 700 percent and nonurgent video visits by more than 4,300 percent between March…

A group of 45 elected officials urged congressional leadership to include a short-term extension of Medicare for telehealth services.

With daily COVID-19 hospitalizations regularly exceeding 140,000 in January, American hospitals have faced the most severe influx of hospitalized COVID patients in the pandemic.

Here are five health systems that launched "hospital-at-home" programs in the last two weeks.

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is partnering with home health software provider WellSky to launch a "hospital-at-home" program for patients with heart failure, according to a Jan. 27 news release.

A bill is being proposed that would allow Florida physicians to prescribe some controlled substances via telehealth, WSFU reported Jan. 25.

Recent results from a UPMC virtual diabetes study showed 75 percent of patients saw their condition improve.

The Federal Communications Commission approved on Jan. 26 an additional 100 applications for funding in its second round of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, totaling $47 million.