Category: telehealth

Intermountain launches new NICU telehealth program

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow neuro NICU physicians to serve in various other Intermountain hospitals across the state of Utah, Good Things Utah reported April 19.&n…

Teladoc launches new prediabetes program

Telehealth company Teladoc is expanding the availability of its virtual provider-based care with a weight management and prediabetes program.

Oracle, Zoom to integrate video updates into Cerner Millennium

Oracle has expanded its partnership with Zoom and will integrate telehealth capabilities into Oracle Cerner Millennium. 

Allina Health, Epic-backed KeyCare to increase telehealth access for patients

Minneapolis-based Allina Health will use Epic’s virtual care company KeyCare to increase its telehealth access for patients. 

Telehealth company Visibly to pay $500K over deceptive marketing

Telehealth company Visibly has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement over deceptive marketing practices.

80% of physicians prefer in-person visits over telehealth, study says

Eighty percent of physicians said they would prefer to provide little to no telehealth visits in the future, according to an April 3 study published in Health Affairs. 

Mon Health expands cardiac telemedicine services

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System has expanded its cardiology telemedicine services to Parksview, W.Va.

US patients blindsided by telehealth appointments that charge a facility fee

U.S. patients are being blindsided by telehealth costs and many are facing facility fees even though they haven’t stepped foot in a hospital or physician’s office, The Washington Post reported April 1. 

Telehealth startups worry DEA proposal will disrupt prescribing drugs that prevent overdoses

As the DEA continues to propose stricter regulations on telehealth-based opioid prescribing, telehealth companies say they are worried that the crackdown won’t allow them to prescribe life-saving medications that can help prevent opioid overdoses, The …

National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3% in January

National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3 percent in January 2023, compared to 3.8 percent in December, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.