Here are 12 hospitals and health systems that implemented telehealth technology and services in June.

The USDA awarded $500,000 to 25 healthcare facilities across Michigan to help expand the state's telemedicine services for opioid addiction, Times Union reports.

Fairfield (Conn.) University's school of nursing received a $2.64 million federal grant to establish a telehealth curriculum, according to Daily Voice Plus.

Healthcare consumers are evolving and their expectations for convenience, affordability and quality are redefining how they engage at each stage of care.

The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a telehealth pilot program at select VA medical centers and remote facilities across the country to increase patients' access to audiology care specialists.

The USDA granted $465,000 to Marietta Memorial Hospital in Ohio to implement a telemedicine program for opioid addiction, NBC affiliate WTAP reports.

The USDA is awarding Nevada more than $226,000 in grants to install video and audio technology needed for telemedicine appointments in rural counties.

Savannah, Ga.-based Southcoast Health partnered with Teladoc Health to launch a mobile app that patients can access for virtual healthcare appointments.

The FCC voted July 10 to approve a $100 million connected care pilot program that aims to provide telehealth services to low-income patients in rural America.  

New York anesthesiologist Anna Steiner, MD, was indicted July 9 in federal court for her alleged participation in a $7 million telemedicine scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicare Part D and private insurance plans, according to the Department of Justice.

In October 2015, Mercy health system — which operates 30 acute care hospitals across four states — opened the world's first virtual care center. Mercy Virtual is a four-story, 125,000-square-foot building located in Chesterfield, Mo., where the medical staff is wholly dedicated to developing and delivering virtual healthcare services.

Microsoft is partnering with Watch Communications, a telecommunications services provider, to bring broadband internet access to rural areas of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

In the wake of hospital closures and healthcare provider shortages in remote communities, rural Americans are turning to telehealth for services from behavioral health to cardiology, according to NPR.

West Virginia United Health System and Mon Health Medical Center, both located in Morgantown W.Va., are teaming up on telemedicine services to expand neurology and stroke care for patients at Mon Health's facilities, Morgantown News reports. 

Since launching its Home Recovery Care program in September 2016, Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System has expanded the telehealth program to 250 patients and 150 treated conditions, according to the American Medical Association.

College Station-based Texas A&M University Health Science Center is extending its telemedicine services to medical facilities in Franklin and Hearne, both in Texas, as part of its partnership with CHI St. Joseph Health, according to Texas A&M Today.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas hospital partnered with Contessa, an acute home care management company, to offer its patients home recovery care services such as telehealth appointments and remote monitoring.

Missoula, Mont.-based Community Medical Center is partnering with telemedicine provider SOC Telemed on 24/7 neurology and stroke care coverage.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System rolled out its urgent care telemedicine program July 1 to college students at select universities in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas and Florida.

Carenet Health, a San Antonio-based provider of telehealth and healthcare engagement solutions, announced July 1 its acquisition of Morrisville, N.C.-based Citra Health Solutions' engagement and telehealth subsidiary.