By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | March 29, 2019 The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking more than $1 billion in federal funding to expand its telehealth network for veterans. In testimony on Capitol Hill this week, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie noted the agency topped 1 million virtual visits in [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | March 21, 2019 With telehealth and telemedicine bills scattered across Capitol Hill like cherry blossoms in the springtime sun, a group of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle is looking to help Congress develop a cohesive connected health strategy. The Congressional Telehealth Caucus [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | February 27, 2019 While direct-to-consumer telehealth is still going strong, health plans and businesses are starting to look for connected care platforms that can address all of an employee's healthcare needs - including primary care. Health plans are moving past telehealth platforms that simply [...]
By Kevin Truong, MedCity News | February 24, 2019 Companies, health plans and providers are increasingly looking at delivering care at schools, where children spend most of their waking hours. There isn’t a hospital, a medical clinic or even a decent grocery store nearby Robla School District in Northern Sacramento. [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | February 21, 2019 A Navigant analysis finds that one-fifth of the nation's rural hospitals are struggling to stay open. Telehealth could give these hospitals an opportunity to redefine care and put them back on solid footing. New research shows that rural hospitals are struggling [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | February 8, 2019 Veterans accessed healthcare through a video-based telemedicine platform more than 1 million times in FY 2018, according to the VA. That's just half of all the telehealth encounters reported for the year. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has reported reaching a [...]
