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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced a broadband project that will connect nearly 20,000 students in six rural Appalachian Ohio counties to telehealth services. A $1.15 million appropriation from InnovateOhio, which Husted directs, will fund the project. “The bottom line — this will allow students to have a direct line to healthcare experts in more»

In a press event held this week, Children’s Hospital Colorado CEO Jena Hausmann said her system’s pediatric emergency departments and inpatient units have been “overrun with kids attempting suicide and suffering from other forms of major mental health illness” over the last several months. Demand has outstripped the system’s more»

Miles Romney, cofounder and chief technology officer at telehealth company eVisit, paints a vivid, sci-fi-seeming picture of what virtual care will look like in the year 2050. He starts by describing a hypothetical person's morning shower. The shower stall will be outfitted with a high-tech system, says Romney. Aided by an ocular or neurological implant more»

The COVID-19 pandemic has blown the doors wide open on telehealth, especially with new reimbursement parity policies. But value-based contracts can support the growing interest in remote patient monitoring and other virtual care services beyond the pandemic, according to telehealth experts at the Revenue Cycle Management Summit. “Remote patient more»

Telehealth demonstrated its potential value as a way to supplement medical care during the pandemic, greatly improving access and accessibility, and is likely here to stay. But, experts said at a panel this week, changes in regulatory oversight and technological upgrades will be needed to ensure that the already marginalized — the elderly, the poor, more»

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. epicenters of the COVID-19 crisis, were some of the first to feel the brunt of the disease's effects. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than more»

State Rep. Deborah Conroy (D-46th) joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain why access to telehealth, which was highly used at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, would benefit in managing chronic health conditions. Click Here for Direct News Story

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is famous for arranging memorable experiences for sick children, such as trips to Disneyland or meetings with their favorite celebrities. The foundation also offers more mundane services, however. If a child lives miles from a medical center, for example, it might arrange for a local car dealer to provide rides. While she was more»