Category: telehealth

Four hospital and health system leaders will be judges at the Telehealth Innovators Challenge at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference March 6.

Below is a list of six hospitals and health systems that rolled out or announced new telehealth services since Feb. 7: 

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health will use iTreat to connect paramedics to stroke neurologists and emergency medicine physicians via telehealth. 

U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, co-chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, said after the passing of the telehealth extensions granted by the Omnibus Appropriations bill, he expects Congress to redefine the definition of telehealth to include wearabl…

The University of Louisville (Ky.) is expanding access to teletherapy services as clinicians at its Louisville-based Peace Hospital launched a program designed to refer patients 12 and older for digital behavioral health treatment, ABC affiliate WHAS11…

Below is a list of five hospitals and health systems that rolled out or announced new telehealth services since Jan. 17: 

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center is looking to continue the expansion of its virtual care options after seeing a 5,000 percent increase in telehealth treatment in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox13 Tampa Bay reported Feb. 1.

Virtual care company Wheel laid off 28 percent of its workforce Jan. 31, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The move affected 56 employees.

Tucson Medical Center is using telehealth to offer cardiac rehab to rural Arizona residents, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health has partnered with a coalition of Southwest Virginia healthcare groups to expand its telehealth offerings to rural communities.