Tag: Telehealth
What’s next for on-demand telehealth companies?
Amwell got its start providing on-demand virtual care for low-acuity health issues. But the company always planned on transitioning to primarily building the technology clinicians…
UPMC pilots machine learning, telehealth to inform patient transfers
Thousands of patients each year are transferred between UPMC’s hospitals for high-acuity, complex medical care. To ensure patients are fully informed before those transfers, the…
What to expect with telehealth in the next 4 years
Healthcare organizations are becoming increasingly focused on innovative technology solutions like telehealth, enhanced electronic health records and partnerships with technology companies. With this focus has come…
FCC Chairman Pai on funding telehealth, 5G and the digital divide
Over the past four year, the Federal Communications Commission has made headlines over voting to repeal net neutrality rules, has pushed Congress for more funding…
Mental health treatment was most common telehealth service during COVID
A new study finds during the first few months of the pandemic, patients were more likely to use telehealth services for behavioral health treatment than…
Telehealth scales up during the pandemic to offer patient care in the safety of the home
Simulation of a virtual urgent care visit at the Medical University of South Carolina. MUSC Health offered these visits for free to help screen patients…
Truepill raises $75 million to expand its telehealth and pill delivery platform
Truepill today announced it has raised $75 million in a round led by Oak HC/FT. Truepill says the funds will help it launch an at-home…
A surprising opportunity for telehealth in shaping the future of medicine
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Expanded telehealth services at UT Southwestern have proved effective at safely delivering patient care during the pandemic, leading to an increase…
Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic
In this Aug. 24, 2020, photo Jean Grady smiles as she poses at her home in Westford, Vt. Grady wears an insulin pump to help…