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Grow Therapy Raises $88M in Series C Funding to Advance Effective Mental Healthcare
Grow Therapy has recently secured $88 million in funding, a move aimed at expanding its reach and building new partnerships within the...
Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic Steps Down Amid Leadership Shakeup
Jason Gorevic has announced his departure as CEO of Teladoc, marking the end of his 15-year tenure at the helm of the company. Gorevic's...
Forge Health Begins Next Phase with Board of Directors Expansion and Creation of Advisory Board
Forge Health has experienced growth in recent years within the behavioral health and substance abuse care sector. This growth has been...
Brightside Health Secures $33M to Expand Mental Healthcare Services for Medicare and Medicaid Populations
Brightside Health, a virtual mental health company, recently announced the acquisition of $33 million in fresh funding aimed at propelling...
Congress Proposes Telehealth Modernization Act for Permanent Access to Virtual Care
The United States Congress is taking steps toward improving telehealth flexibilities for Medicare beneficiaries with the introduction of...
Why Remote Group Therapy Is A Good Post Pandemic Option
The integration of remote group therapy as a post-pandemic option has been apositive development in the field of mental health services....
Cerebral Face Substantial Penalty For Illegal Subscription Retention
The recent action taken by New York Attorney General Letitia James involves Cerebral's mental health treatment. Cerebral offer the service...
Senate Hearing Advises Permanent Telehealth Changes
A Senate hearing took place earlier this week, providing an update the future of telehealth in the United States. The hearing, held on...
New Telehealth Service ‘GNC Health’ Launched
GNC, renowned globally as a retailer of health and nutrition products, has recently announced 'GNC Health', a new virtual care service....
Stakeholders Show Concerns over Address Reporting in Telehealth
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented various temporary measures to facilitate...
One More Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities granted for Medical Prescriptions
In response to persistent resistance from the healthcare industry, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health...
Burn Patients To receive Aid Through Remote Service, Implemented By Northland Health
Northwell Health's Forest Hills Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Hospital is pioneering the integration of telehealth in the management of burn...
Amazon Clinic Expansion Faces Delays Amid Data Privacy Concerns
Amazon's upcoming launch of a major expansion to its Amazon Clinic telemedicine service is being delayed, allegedly due to concerns about...
InterMountain Takes a Step Forward in Newborn Care
In order to better care for critically ill and damaged babies, Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital has introduced a new telemedicine...
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Support Student Mental Health
A new bill has been proposed to offer greater support to United States school students to provide much needed aid to the issue that has...
Georgia schools to receive remote healthcare services through Mercer Medicine
In order to improve healthcare access for district employees and students, the Harris County School District in Georgia recently partnered...
Epic Research Study shows primary virtual care sufficient, without in person requirement
Epic Research Study shows primary virtual care sufficient, without in person requirement. In a study released in Epic Research, it was...
US citizens residing in rural areas are using telehealth more frequently
From July to August of last year, approximately 8000 US residents were surveyed by the healthcare entity. Rock Health has conducted many...
Telehealth services surge found to have improved mental health treatment rates.
A study conducted by researchers at the Rand Corporation and published in JAMA Health Forum shows that the use of telehealth services...
Preoperative Care for Bariatric Surgery found to be effectively delivered through remote healthcare services
The new study illustrated that bariatric surgery is often recommended as a treatment option for individuals diagnosed with obesity that is...
Telehealth more effective than telephone in pediatric health transfers
A recent study has found that video telehealth consultations were more effective than telehealth-based consultations, due to their ability...
Remote postpartum healthcare appointments effective in mitigating racial disparity.
In a recent study, it has been found that telehealth postpartum appointments improve the rate of attendance in black individuals, compared...
Telehealth utilization significantly increases at latter stages of 2022
Recent data derived from Fair Health’s ‘Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker’, has illustrated a near two percent increase in the...
AHA letter advises permanent fix for telehealth services extension
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has published letters to the US Senate and House of Representatives. Within the letters, comments...
Insurance pay-outs during pandemic for telehealth services equivalent to that of in person appointments
In a recent study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), it was found that private health insurers paid similar amounts for...
Telehealth found to be satisfactory for SDOH in patients
According to a recent poll reported in Cureus, the majority of patients were happy with telehealth and felt that their social and medical...
New wearable technology to track heart failure in users
A recent study from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) described the creation of a prototype of a belt device worn around the waist that...
Ardent Health Services introduce remote patient monitoring program with Cadence
A remote patient monitoring (RPM) program will be added to Ardent's facilities throughout six states as a result of a partnership between...
Over 1 in 5 availed of telehealth for community health centre visits in 2021
According to a recent study, telehealth visits increased at community health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for 21% of...
Teladoc to release new health app in 2023
This week, Teladoc Health announced the release of a new app that will enable users to access the whole spectrum of its services in a...
Telehealth development to treat individuals with Covid-19 remotely
A new program called Home Test to Treat from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and...
Smartphone use found to not reduce rates of bipolar relapse in indviduals
According to a recent study, a smartphone-based self-management intervention for bipolar illness patients improved relational quality of...
RPM Program introduced by CA Health System to Lower Hospital Readmission Rate
The Comprehensive COPD Clinic at UC Davis Health developed a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program to serve high-risk COPD patients with...
New Grant to Improve Access to Virtual Care at Rural Hospital Facilities
A grant from Multiplan Corporation has been given to two rural hospitals, who both intend to use the money to increase access to virtual...
Telehealth found to be less effective in older individuals
More than half of clinicians believe that telemedicine is a poor care choice for older populations, according to a recent poll by West...
Policies and Regulations surrounding Telehealth not consistent in The United States
Most in-person care services were limited at the start of the COVID-19 epidemic as lockdowns spread throughout the nation. Due to the new...
Omnibus bill to resume Medicaid checks, mitigating physician pay cuts
President Joe Biden has ratified the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending measure as numerous changes to federal health policy are included in a...
RPM utilized in management of patients with diabetes
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Family and Community Medicine Vice Chair for Research collaborated with the...
Remote physical therapy less effective than in-person delivery of care
The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine has released information that details the effectiveness of in person physical therapy...
Telehealth patient satisfaction equal to that of in person care during COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers learned valuable information about the advantages of telemedicine for patients looking for main and specialized care during...
New research shows Urological Surgery does not require an in-person appointment
A recent study conducted for Health Services Research revealed surgery plans for urology patients who were seen through video visit were...
Office of Inspector General offers guidance on future of telehealth
In a recent discovery by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), it has been found that while Home Health Agencies (HHAs) have benefited...
Increased Risk of Emergency Room Visit and Hospitalization found in telehealth research
In a recent study, it has been found that individuals who engage in follow up appointments following a visit to the emergency room, via...
The availability of broadband is heavily linked to Veteran remote healthcare use
According to a study recently published by JAMA in ‘JAMA Network Open’, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients who utilized...
Over thirty states now offering reimbursement for audio only digital health services
A report has emerged from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP), detailing Medicaid compensation in many states across the United...
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) offers advice on telehealth for policymakers 
The The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) have offered new advice to policymakers regarding the future of telehealth and how it can be...
New Stanford research shows quality of virtual healthcare is highly comparable to that of standard care in Emergency Department settings
A new case study has been released in NEJM Catalyst, indicating minimal differences in the quality of virtual care given to patients...
MDHHS opens thirteen sites offering telehealth Covid-19 services throughout Michigan
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has announced new programs named ‘Test to Treat’. The programs will be...
Popularity of telehealth continues to rise, study shows
A new study titled JD Power 2022 US Telehealth Satisfaction Study has been released. The study portrays the prevalence of telehealth in...
New research finds telehealth may be more effective than in-person delivery of care
New research has emerged that indicates some aspects of telehealth provision is delivered to a higher quality than in person care....
Telehealth remains popular in patients with pediatric neurology Conditions following the global pandemic
New research has emerged from a study that indicates telehealth is used frequently in the Pediatric Neurology portion of the healthcare...
New product by Visibly approved by FDA for remote eyesight assessments
Visibly is a healthcare organization that resides in Chicago, US. The company was founded approximately ten years ago, with aspirations of...
Atrium Health to offer virtual healthcare services in schools across North Carolina
Atrium Health is a non-profit health organization that delivers optimal healthcare outcomes through extensive research, educational...
Study Finds Telehealth Viable Alternative To In-Person Care
The US healthcare sector has experienced a number of significant reforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, a sizable portion of...
Populations Of Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds Are Less Likely to Benefit Gain from Telehealth, Study Finds
According to a study published in JMIR, populations with lower incomes are less likely to gain from telemedicine during the COVID-19...
HHS Clarifies HIPAA Compliance for Audio-Only Telehealth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released advise regarding both HIPAA Compliance and Telehealth. HHS released...
Survey Finds Patients Benefiting from Telehealth
A recent survey conducted by ZoDoc found many healthcare patients were satisfied with newly introduced Telehealth services. The survey...
Survey Finds Telehealth Increased Patient Visits for Majority of Healthcare Providers
A recent study conducted by CVS Health has uncovered that over half of healthcare providers have seen an increase in the visits they...
Connecticut Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
Connecticut has joined Colorado, Utah California, and Virginia in approving an all-inclusive new data privacy rule that sets...
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Extend Medicare Telehealth Services
This week, a bill was successfully in The House of Representatives that extended Medicare Telehealth Services to 2024. The act, named...
The Sequoia Project Key Role in TEFCA
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is an agreement that was created in 2022, with the aim of achieving a high...
Big Numbers of DDoS Attacks on the Healthcare Field Reported in 2021
A recent Comcast Business report reveals that 2021 got 9.84 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks reported, which rose by...
Virtual services for Mental healthcare continue to gain favour with patients
Individuals who avail of mental health services are becoming more comfortable with the process of using virtual care, rather than in...
HSCC Releases Guidance Paper to Secure the Telehealth and Telemedicine Ecosystem
Healthcare organizations are increasingly utilizing health information technology to give patients virtual health care services. With...
Children’s Hospital Colorado Phishing Attack and Hoag Clinic Laptop Computer Theft
Children’s Hospital Colorado is informing 2,553 patients concerning the possible access of their protected health information (PHI)...