Category: telehealth

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health partnered with Teladoc to expand its virtual care offerings.

Hospitals are expanding their telehealth platforms to improve health outcomes, lower medical costs, free up bed space and provide access to care to all patient communities.

Amwell added clinical programs for musculoskeletal care and dermatology, the telehealth platform said April 20.

Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain were some of the earliest adopters of telemedicine and have been using virtual methods to improve health outcomes, lower medical cost and free up bed space. In a May 2022 Harvard Business Review article, Robert Pearl…

Phoenix-based Banner Health is piloting a telehealth program aimed at increasing access to obstetrical care for rural patients.

National telehealth use among individuals with private health insurance grew 10.2 percent from December to January, up from 4.9 percent of all medical claim lines to 5.4 percent, according to an April 6 Fair Health report. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health’s completed merger will expand telehealth and innovation efforts, news outlets reported April 4.

The Government Accountability Office on March 31 recommended CMS assess the effect increased telehealth use is having on the quality of care received by Medicaid beneficiaries.

Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare expanded its telehealth offerings to include remote physical examinations.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health launched five programs to expand telehealth access to more patients, the health system announced March 31.