Category: telehealth

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has introduced a telemedicine service utilizing asynchronous messaging, enabling patients to engage in real-time conversations with Lee Health physicians for a fee of $29 per visit.

Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health, both based in Pittsburgh, have launched a new teleICU program spanning across six hospitals.  

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center is partnering with Five Star Bank to launch health stations that will connect rural patients with live, on-demand telehealth visits.

The Biden administration is implementing measures to support the sustainability of healthcare providers in rural areas that include support access for telehealth services and bolstering cybersecurity. 

CMS has published a final rule Nov. 2 outlining policy adjustments for Medicare payments for telehealth through the physician fee schedule and various Medicare Part B matters, which will be in effect from Jan. 1 onward.

In January, Allegheny Health Network’s Forbes Hospital, based in Monroeville, Pa., will initiate a telehealth trial with 47 beds that enables a nurse located in Allegheny Center to welcome newly admitted patients and provide discharge instructions to t…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is entering a know-how agreement with OPTAC-X, a telehealth company and remote physician company, to use OPTAC-X’s hybrid LTE-global SATCOM telehealth tools within ambulances. 

In the third quarter, Teladoc increased its revenue by 8% to $660.2 million, while also reporting that it was able to lower its net losses. 

OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., is testing virtual nursing in three medical-surgical units.

Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn., is offering sleep care to its patients using its Mobile Health Clinic.