Telehealth

Mayo Clinic researchers investigated the benefits of the Rochester, Minn.-based health system's COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program, which it rolled out in March 2020, according to a study recently published in Nature. 

We’re delighted to introduce Bright.md’s new Chief Medical Advisor. Dr. Edward Abraham has been on the forefront of technological advances in healthcare throughout his career.

Telemedicine startup 98point6, which has raised $247 million to date, is searching for a new CEO after its co-founder and chief executive Robbie Cape abruptly left the company Sept. 1, Geekwire reported. 

Conducting outpatient visits via telehealth when possible and measuring the average greenhouse gas emission per outpatient visit can significantly reduce the healthcare industry's carbon footprint, the American Medical Association reported Sept. 1.

Membership-based primary care network One Medical on Sept.1 completed its acquisition of Iora Health, a tech-powered primary care provider serving Medicare patients. 

HHS awarded $10.7 million from the American Rescue Plan to integrate telehealth services into pediatric mental healthcare access and services across the country, the department announced Aug. 27. 

Below is a list of five hospitals and health systems that rolled out or announced new telehealth services in the past five months.

Amwell on Aug. 31 announced it finalized its acquisitions of two digital health startups: digital mental health platform SilverCloud Health and automated virtual health company Conversa Health. 

Small hospitals are least likely to have telemedicine, though they're also the ones that would benefit most from it, two physicians and a researcher at Boston-based Harvard Medical School argued in an opinion published Aug. 27 in JAMA Health Forum.

Telemedicine and pharmacy discount company GoodRx is offering free telehealth visits to Tennessee residents through the end of Labor Day weekend in response to the flooding devastating the state.