By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | June 28, 2018 Health systems often see direct-to-consumer telehealth as a means of competing with retail and stand-alone urgent care services. Now one Texas-based urgent care network is using virtual care technology to carve its own niche in the crowded healthcare landscape. Integra Urgent [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | June 26, 2018 Healthcare providers in rural parts of the country will soon have more flexibility to use telemedicine, thanks to an increase in funding for broadband expansion projects. The Federal Communications Commission this week unanimously approved a long-debated increase in the Universal Service [...]
By Meg Bryant | June 21, 2018 Health systems are embracing telehealth and digital apps to improve workflow and reduce costs around behavioral health. Behavioral healthcare has long lived adjacent to the the traditional delivery system of U.S. hospitals, but that's changing as providers and payers begin to view patients more holistically. [...]
By Bruce Gosser | June 19, 2018 Overburdened and inefficient. An accurate description of today’s US healthcare system which wasn’t designed to handle the current population’s health needs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68 percent of Americans aged 65 and older are living with [...]
By Les Masterson | June 4, 2018 Dive Brief: Telehealth can improve healthcare quality, but success varies depending on where and how it’s used, according to a report prepared by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report found positives in some areas, such as remote intensive care unit [...]
By Laura Lovett | May 23, 2018 A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a slew of new bills that seek to increase access to telemedicine treatment for patients with substance abuse disorders. The proposed bills, three of which are telehealth-focused, are expected to be wrapped into a larger legislative [...]
