Eric Wicklund

North Carolina's Vidant Health used Ideal Life technology to launch a nine-month project for discharged patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. The project proved that a home-monitoring program improves outcomes and saves money.

Leading-edge telemedicine and mobile health initiatives are paying off in various ways at the Marshfield Clinic and UPMC. Here's a look at what they have learned.

Partners Healthcare has long been a pioneer in the telehealth and mHealth field. Top executives explain why.

Two partnerships announced at this week's ATA 2014 conference indicate the healthcare kiosk may be the ideal vehicle for providers looking to connect outside the office with regular and new patients.

Forget devices - the key to success for telemedicine is in the connections between technology and health networks. And as ATA 2014 kicks off this week in Baltimore, the pressure is on providers.

The nation's young adults are beginning to see mHealth as a convenient alternative to the doctor's office, according to a recent survey.

The point-of-care tool combines clinical decision support with peer reviews of common and uncommon treatments.

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation is calling on Congress to adopt a national telehealth policy - and penalize states who don't fall in line.

In a sign that some companies are swinging back from consumer-directed healthcare and looking to help the providers, one firm is developing a web-based and mobile platform to assist doctors in talking to patients about changing difficult behavior patterns.

The Ontario Telemedicine Network has cut wait times for skin specialists from 6-12 months to as little as five days, while creating a system that allows providers to collaborate with specialists much more easily and effectively.