Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has partnered with musculoskeletal digital health company IncludeHealth to offer patients virtual physical therapy in their homes.
Category: telehealth
Telehealth startups share patient data with big tech companies
Telehealth startups offering private, on-demand virtual care have been sharing some of the sensitive information gathered during a patient’s intake and checkout process with big tech companies, TheMarkup reported Dec. 13.
UNC Health System's integrative cancer support program goes virtual
UNC Health System’s integrative medicine clinic has expanded, allowing patients to conduct their visits either in-person or via telemedicine.
American Hospital Association urges DEA to extend telehealth prescribing rules
The American Hospital Association is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend and clarify pandemic-era rules that allowed providers to prescribe addiction-treatment medications through telehealth.
Kaiser Permanente’s big bet on remote diabetes monitoring pays off
As hospitals and health systems increasingly look to remotely monitor patients for a variety of chronic conditions, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is already tracking the diabetes of nearly 40,000 people from the comfort of their homes.
Kettering Health to offer virtual breastfeeding support through partnership
Nest Collaborative, a virtual breastfeeding support platform, has partnered with Kettering (Ohio) Health to provide telehealth breastfeeding support to patients giving birth at the system’s maternity centers.
Telehealth companies lobby for permanent controlled substance prescribing flexibilities
More than 100 health startups and medical associations are lobbying for permanent permission to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth, a permission that has been temporarily granted due to the pandemic-era flexibilities, The Wall Street Journa…
CHI asks Congress to extend safe harbor for high-deductible health plans for telehealth coverage
Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health sent a letter to Congress on Nov. 28 urging them to continue the pandemic-era safe harbor for first-dollar high deductible health plan telehealth coverage.
Avera Health granted $2.5M to boost workforce through telehealth, virtual nursing
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has received $2.5 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration to address the workforce shortage through telehealth, virtual nursing and rural healthcare education.
Where states stand on telehealth parity
As telehealth use expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, many states passed laws requiring payers to reimburse providers at the same rate as in-person visits. But not all of them.
