National telehealth utilization declined by 79 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Category: telehealth
How Intermountain is bringing telehealth to the NICU
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow Intermountain clinicians to remotely advise clinicians in neonatal intensive care units at four hospitals in Utah and one in Montana, l…
Teladoc providing free virtual care to Mississippi residents affected by tornadoes
Teladoc announced it will provide free virtual care to Mississippi residents affected by recent tornadoes.
FTC zeros in on telehealth startups sharing consumer data with third parties
The Federal Trade Commission said it is expecting to look into more telehealth startups who are sharing consumer data with third parties, The Wall Street Journal reported March 26.
How telehealth, home-based care is helping Trinity Health supplement its workforce
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s Chief Clinical Officer, Syed Hussain, MD, said newer forms of healthcare delivery, such as telehealth and home-care services have been helping retain its workforce, Yale Daily News reported March 27.
Ohio city taps Cleveland Clinic clinicians for telehealth EMS program
Akron, Ohio, has been working to reduce the load on its emergency services and ambulance fleet through a telehealth pilot program where patients can receive virtual care from clinicians at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, the Akron Beacon Journal report…
TikTok, telehealth fuel Ozempic shortage
TikTok and telehealth are driving a shortage of the weight-loss drug Ozempic, CNN reported March 17.
Why ChristianaCare wants to be the 'Amazon of healthcare'
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare is offering patients a subscription service for virtual primary care services offering faster and more personalized care, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported March 16.
Mount Sinai, NYC libraries offer classes on accessing telehealth, health records
New York City-based Mount Sinai is partnering with the New York Public Library to offer digital literacy classes for individuals trying to access healthcare via telehealth or through electronic information technologies.
Mercy forms partnership to design hospital-at-home program
St. Louis-based Mercy is partnering with tech-focused at-home care company Maribel Health to develop new at-home care programs, including a hospital-at-home program.
