Cigna expands access to covered telehealth services
Cigna announced this week that it is expanding access to telehealth services via the virtual care company MDLIVE. The announcement …
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How a remote Maine school union uses telehealth for a variety of needs
Photo: School Union 93 in Maine Dr. Karen Watts, director of special services at School Union 93 in Maine, lives …
CIOs tackle barriers to innovation, telehealth integration, analytics and more
Photo: The Mount Sinai Health System Structural, non-technical barriers to innovation are a big reason why technical innovation is so …
Telehealth for surgical specialties saw a slow decline after June 2020
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that while telehealth grew across …
Christ Health Center keeps schools open with telehealth
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting in early 2020, Christ Health Center in Birmingham, Alabama, was headed for telemedicine. But …
Health center's makeshift telehealth OK, but now is building something grand
Bee Busy Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, like other health centers across the country, struggled with efforts to offer telehealth …
HIMSS Insights Special Edition – APAC digital health trendbarometer
The recently launched HIMSS Insights Special Edition – APAC digital health trendbarometer report provides readers insights on the state of …
Universal Community Health moves from text-enabled telehealth to robust ‘tele-assisted care’
Toward the end of March, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard in California, Universal Community Health Center in Los Angeles …
Doctor on Demand teams up with CareLinx to provide virtual in-home care
Telehealth vendor Doctor on Demand is partnering with CareLinx, an in-home care provider network, with the intention of expanding virtual …
Telehealth's digital divide is real, and members of Congress want to address it
U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., convened yesterday with Dr. Gary Puckrein, president and CEO of the …
Countries worldwide share perspectives on pandemic-era digital innovation
The COVID-19 crisis has shown in no uncertain terms the value and criticality of having a digitised and connected healthcare …
Pandemic drives telehealth boom, but older adults can’t connect
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in video visits between patients and their doctors, but for many …
New bill would codify Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services
U.S. Reps. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, and Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent …
DrChrono launches video telehealth features for its mobile EHR platform, with patient-facing service to come next month
DrChrono launched today new telehealth capabilities that are fully integrated with its mobile EHR, billing and practice-management platform, and has …
COVID-19 puts a spotlight on new pop health demands
Dr. Jaan Sidorov, CEO of the Population Health Alliance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a network of 152 independent community-based providers, says …
Connected 'smart' communities will be a key part of 21st century healthcare
As part of its National Health IT Week program, HIMSS presented a webinar this week exploring the advent of what …
Telehealth holds appeal for seniors, survey shows
Better access to healthcare professionals and faster service are among the top reasons senior citizens are willing to embrace telehealth …
Ohio Living achieves low readmission rates with telehealth
Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice earned a readmission rate of just 7.5 percent, nearly half of the state’s Medicare …