Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an mHealth tool that can detect evidence of COVID-19 in one’s cough.
In a study recently published in the IEEE Journal of...
A bill introduced last week in the Senate aims to establish Medicare and Medicaid coverage for telehealth programs that monitor the health of expectant mothers.
The Connected Maternal Online Mothering...
Ontario’s government is investing roughly $5 million in a telehealth program aimed at bringing healthcare into the home for seniors on waiting lists for long-term care.
The Community...
A telemedicine network launched by Massachusetts General Hospital to provide on-demand neonatal support has expanded into New Hampshire.
Dover-based Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is now connected with...
Healthcare providers in the Arkansas Delta will soon have access to telehealth training services.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a grant of almost $1 million from...
Health systems looking for the right balance between telehealth and in-person care shouldn’t think of one service as a replacement for the other. Rather, they should be...
New York’s Northwell Health system will be giving several thousand Fitbits to employees as part of a telehealth study aimed at proving the value of mHealth wearables in detecting COVID-19.
The...
DrFirst has uncovered a new challenge to the effectiveness of telehealth visits during the coronavirus pandemic: Multitasking.
In a recent survey of more than 1,000 consumers, the Maryland-based...
A new project in Indiana aims to analyze the value of telehealth in treating people who are struggling with both substance abuse and mental health concerns.
The Indiana University School of Medicine...
An mHealth app developed by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital reportedly can diagnose a stroke from a user’s speech and facial movements.
James Wang, a professor of...
A CMS program that provides long-term care for seniors in need of support services used telehealth to keep those connections going during the coronavirus pandemic.
The success was charted in a recent...
A new bill before Congress aims to improve Medicare coverage for home health services delivered via telehealth during a public health emergency.
The Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT)...
Telehealth advocates are once again putting pressure on the US Drug Enforcement Agency to finalize a special registration process so that care providers can use telemedicine to prescribe certain...
A Delaware health system has customized an Amazon Alexa mHealth app to give patients personalized care management information at home.
Wilmington-based ChristianaCare announced this week that the Home...
A Michigan payer is the first in the state – and one of a handful in the nation – to introduce a telehealth-only plan.
Priority Health this week unveiled MyPriority Telehealth PCP, which...
The University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine are launching a telehealth program to help refugee camp residents on the other side of the globe.
Penn Sophomores Henry Le and Ananya Dewan have...
Lawmakers are now trying to integrate COVID-19 testing with a telehealth visit for seniors and others at risk of contracting the virus.
The Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth (START) Act of 2020,...
A Texas lawmaker wants to set aside $10 billion to help states launch their own broadband expansion programs, which could then be used to expand telehealth platforms into underserved communities.
US...
An Ohio behavioral health clinic is using a federal grant of almost $2 million to expand telehealth services for domestic violence victims in need of counseling.
The Toledo-based Zepf Center is using...
Elderly Maine residents will soon be able to use telehealth to access wellness services and advanced care planning through a program coordinated by the University of New England.
The Biddeford-based...
