Category: telehealth

What would permanent telehealth coverage mean for hospitals? 5 CIOs answer

Many states are relaxing COVID-19 restrictions and dropping public health emergency designations, moves that affect payers’ decisions on how to reimburse for telehealth services. Amid these changing policies, many hospitals feel like their telehealth p…

Telehealth supply now outweighs demand: 5 report findings

Although the use of telehealth skyrocketed during the pandemic, it has more recently declined as the option to go back to in-person appointments is back in the cards. A February 2022 report from healthcare analytics company Trilliant Health suggests te…

Meet the C-suite of Teladoc: 13 execs to know

Teladoc’s executives have positioned the company to becoming a leader in virtual care.

Telehealth has some fierce advocates: 5 moves to keep it from fading away

While telehealth boomed during the pandemic, easing of emergency measures has opened up the possibility of the service fading away, leaving telehealth companies vulnerable to changing policies at the state and federal level. However, advocacy groups, l…

What 5 studies say about telehealth’s potential to shrink health disparities

Telehealth use has exploded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and created a host of potential ways to improve care delivery, most notably by offering patients more convenience in managing chronic conditions and access to timely healthcare. 

Teladoc’s new initiative targets patients living with chronic conditions

Teladoc launched Chronic Care Complete, a program offered through Teladoc’s Health app, to improve the health of patients living with multiple chronic conditions.

Nation’s 1st telehealth chair on changing culture

Sarah Rush, MD, serves as the chief medical officer of Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital, and in May 2020, she became what is believed to be the first endowed chair of telehealth in the nation. She spoke to Becker’s about the creation of the role and wh…

Patient attitudes about telehealth care quality jump 15% in 1 year, study shows

The share of patients who believe telehealth provides the same or better quality of care compared with in-person visits is increasing, according to the “State of Telemedicine” report released Feb. 16 by health IT and telehealth networking platform Doxi…

Top 15 specialties for telehealth

Telehealth adoption rates are highest for specialties that manage chronic illness, according to the “State of Telemedicine” report released Feb. 16 by health IT and telehealth networking platform Doximity.

3 gripes physicians have with telemedicine: survey

Quality of care, patient expectations and physician burnout are among some of the frustrations physicians have with telemedicine, according to a survey conducted by DocASAP, a software company based in Herndon, Va.