telehealth

Roughly half of the 133 grants announced by the department, totaling $42.5 million, will help bankroll the deployment of telemedicine programs.

To streamline accreditation, Atlanta-based Motivo pairs aspiring mental health providers with online clinical supervisors.

In addition, Cigna’s telemedicine customers have given high patient satisfaction scores: a Net Promoter Score of 81.

The online mail-order health company has created an app with nearly identical functions as its platform. 

While face-to-face visits are still preferred by many, 90% of healthcare organizations polled by HIMSS Media say they're using or piloting remote care services to boost care coordination, manage at-risk patients and broaden pop health efforts.

There's a potentially large impact school-based telehealth programs can have on children with chronic illnesses.

CaroMont Regional Medical Center's use of telehealth has helped reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to just 148, reports Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Bill Siwicki.

The acquisition also gives American Well access to a handful of major provider and payer customers.

The round included Founders Fund, Mayfield, DCM, Version One, Y Combinator and Liquid 2 Ventures. 

Nonin Medical's Chris Holland and telehealth consultant Mark VanderWerf discuss how the usability and logistics improvements made to Nonin's pulse oximeter make the device more desirable for the elderly.