Category: telehealth

Cincinnati Children’s and Parkview Health have expanded their partnership to offer telehealth clinics in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio with experts in pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology and drug-resistant epilepsy.

Portneuf Medical Center, based in Pocatello, Idaho, has partnered with Care.ai to implement virtual nursing, according to an Aug. 8 report from East Idaho News.

A HIPAA enforcement discretion policy that provided temporary leniency to covered healthcare providers’ use of telehealth ended Aug. 9 at 11:59 p.m.

Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic’s virtual nursing program was able to reduce the health system’s reliance on travel nurses and saved the organization $7 million in labor costs, EpicShare reported Aug. 7. 

Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital has implemented MedSitter, a virtual care platform and clinical surveillance system to enhance patient monitoring.

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is partnering with Andor Health, a virtual care company using ChatGPT, to power its decentralized telehealth network.

The New York State Department of Health has extended telehealth coverage under Medicaid through Dec. 31, 2024.

Telehealth provider Amwell reported $62.4 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2023.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Chicago-based CommonSpirit are cutting their carbon footprint by thousands of metric tons per year through increased adoption of telehealth and virtual care, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 2.

Here is a list of five federal developments related to telehealth since the start of 2023, according to a July 31 report from jdsupra.com: