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| Sep 17, 2026 | ATA Action Launches Cross-State Care Coalition to Advance Bipartisan Federal Telehealth Licensure Reform | What You Should Know
ATA Action—the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA)—launched the Cross-State Care Coalition, uniting health systems, digital health platforms, and clinical innovators to advance bipartisan federal... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Telehealth booms as demand for GLP-1s surges and questions mount about safety, oversight | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Lauren Sausser and Maia Rosenfeld, KFF Health News
Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McCla... |
| May 11, 2026 | Eagle Telemedicine Appoints Joanne Lapetina, MD as Chief Medical Officer | Longtime Eagle clinical leader to oversee clinical strategy, quality governance, and physician operations, effective June 8, 2026
ATLANTA, May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eagle Telemedicine, the leading specialty virtual care partner for... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | ATA Launches Digital Infrastructure Score to Map U.S. Virtual Care Readiness | What You Should Know:
– The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has introduced an enhanced Digital Infrastructure Score, a data-driven tool designed to measure how well U.S. communities are equipped for digital access.
– The new benchma... |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Eagle Telemedicine Joins ATA's Center of Digital Excellence (CODE) to Advance Innovation in Telehealth | Eagle Telemedicine
Eagle joins national collaborative to expand healthcare access, scale innovation, and shape the future of digital care delivery.
ATLANTA, Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eagle Telemedicine, the leader in technology-en... |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Eko Health’s Telehealth Platform Expands Across 800 Hospitals | What You Should Know:
– Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, announced today that its telehealth platform is now used by health systems that operate over 800 hospitals across the U.S.
– By enabling the real-time st... |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Bridging the Gap: Innovations in Gastrointestinal and Cancer Care | In the evolving landscape of healthcare, partnerships are becoming the lifeblood of effective patient care. Two recent developments highlight this trend: the collaboration between Gastrointestinal Specialists of Troy, Michigan, and Oshi Hea... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Gastrointestinal Specialists of Troy, Michigan Taps Oshi Health to Expand Practice Access and Multidisciplinary Care Options | Gastrointestinal Specialists Partners with Oshi Health for Multidisciplinary Care
Partnership demonstrates the power of hybrid multidisciplinary care to improve patient experiences and outcomes, as well as practice efficiency and economics
... |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Health | Congress likely to kick the can on COVID-era telehealth policies | Sarah Jane Tribble | (TNS) KFF Health News
Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told the committee’s five witnesses: “Hang with us.”
Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline... |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Reading Between the Lines of the DEA’s Proposed Rules on Telemedicine | The unprecedented expansion of telehealth and mental health care during the pandemic was a monumental shift for behavioral health care in more ways than one.
The flexibilities for behavioral health visits that resulted from the government’s... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | ‘The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher’: How DEA’s Proposal Will Affect Telehealth Controlled Substance Prescribing | Like many startup founders, Zack Gray’s reason for creating his company was personal. He founded Ophelia — a digital health startup that provides prescriptions to manage opioid addiction via telehealth — in 2019 after losing his girlfriend ... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor's visit is better, and when it matters | When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than ri... |
| Mar 5, 2023 | Ceiba Health Awarded Telehealth and Telemedicine Agreement with Premier, Inc | The Collaboration Will Bring an Integrated Clinical Team to the Hospital’s Bedside to Help Improve Access to Care and Patient Outcomes
Healthcare systems need this now to address staff shortages and improve the efficiency of bedside clinici... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Survey: Parents Prefer Telehealth Over In-Person Breastfeeding Support | Parent breastfeeding during telehealth consultation. “Virtual lactation consultations can support the complex needs of OBGYNs and pediatricians by increasing patient satisfaction and reducing time spent addressing problems that can be preve... |
| Nov 1, 2022 | The Online Therapy Bubble Is Bursting | Hebah Arroyo, an Illinois nurse practitioner, began working for the startup Done in the spring of 2020. She was drawn to the San Francisco-based company’s promise: to provide stigma-free online ADHD care, including prescription refills and ... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Using a mix of new technologies, teledermatology is changing how dermatologists provide care during the pandemic | The pandemic has quickly illuminated teledermatology’s specific applications. A hybrid approach may ensure the capture of high-quality images for evaluation. Advances in technology may expand the types of skin conditions assessed with teled... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | American Telemedicine Association Announces 65 Policy Champions Supporting First-Ever Telehealth Awareness Week 2021 | |
| Aug 9, 2021 | HIMSS Digital experts: Providers may once again face a ‘labyrinth’ of telehealth policies | Industry groups have recently raised the alarm about a so-called “telehealth cliff.” But after more than a year of life during a pandemic, could virtual visits fade away so quickly?
After the events of 2020, it’s difficult to imagine virtua... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Ann Mond Johnson and Kyle Zebley from ATA on VatorNews podcast | Telehealth creates the platform upon which preventative care and value-based payments will flourish
Vator · Interview with Ann Mond Johnson and Kyle Zebley from ATA
Bambi Francisco Roizen interviews Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Tel... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Garry Carneal Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary Serving as RadSite’s President & CEO | “Accreditation can help fill gaps in regulatory oversight, promote best practices, and create innovative standards in the ever-changing healthcare field—among other benefits,” notes Carneal.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (PRWEB) December 22, 2020
RadSite,... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Healthcare in Politics Conference Session 4: Data, data, data | Healthcare technologists, policy advisors largely lean toward opening in-person schools
Vator · Healthcare in Politics Invent Health Startups Disrupting Session
COVID data should be available to ensure scientists, innovators, policymakers a... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | VIDEO: Healthcare technologists, policy advisors largely lean toward opening in-person schools | #InventHealth Healthcare in Politics 90-minute Q&A breakout session - September 9, 2020
COVID data should be available to ensure scientists, innovators, policymakers are all leveraging the same data to make collective progress. Is the g... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Where We Are Investing Now: Health Tech | Because of the inextricable tie between health and happiness, there exists an equally strong connection between happiness and health. Now, powerful new science is opening whole new categories of products capable of contributing to happiness... |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Nudging, remote monitoring and chatbots: how virtual care is being brought to the patient | Amwell, AliveCor, GSR Ventures and American Telemedicine Association at Invent Health
The immediate effect of COVID-19 on the healthcare system was that it pushed care much closer to where the patient already is, meaning their home. That tr... |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Future of virtual care conference July 1 podcast | Amwell, MDLive, Element Science, Carbon Health, AliveCor, El Camino, ATA, GSR Ventures
Vator · July 1, 2020 - Invent Health Virtual Event - Future of Virtual Care
This week we had the Future of Virtual Care main event. In the first session,... |
| Jun 15, 2020 | American Telemedicine Assoc., AliveCor, Kaiser at Future of Virtual Care | Executives to discuss how we're ramping up virtual care
On July 1, Vator, along with HP, will be holding the Future of Virtual Care event as part of the Invent Health series.
The #inventhealth salons are quarterly "intimate" event... |
| May 21, 2020 | Future of virtual care conference May 20 podcast | Takeaways: From clinic-to-home innovations; higher bar for in-office visits; unbundling of care
Vator · The status of reimbursing telemedicine services
This week we kickstarted the discussion around the Future of Virtual Care with Element S... |
| Apr 16, 2020 | How COVID-19 is accelerating telehealth adoption and how government is a big driver | Interview with American Telemedicine Association's CEO Ann Mond Johnson
Bambi Francisco Roizen (Vator Founder & CEO) speaks with Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).
As social distancing is the major pol... |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Will telehealth limitations hamper these states’ responses to Covid-19? | Technology can’t solve every problem posed by the new virus, but it can be an important tool in quickly triaging sick patients and helping supplement a workforce of healthcare providers that’s been stretched thin. Hospitals facing limited b... |
| Oct 6, 2018 | 5 apps and services for productivity and wellness | Makula Dunbar Contributor
Makula Dunbar is a writer with Wirecutter.
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| Feb 15, 2018 | Former Zest Health CEO tapped to lead American Telemedicine Association | The appointment comes after former ATA CEO Jonathan Linkous unexpectedly stepped down last August. He cited personal reasons for his departure from the role he had served in for two dozen years.
The association’s COO, Sabrina Smith, took ov... |
| Aug 7, 2017 | American Telemedicine Association CEO steps down | After two dozen years at the helm, the American Telemedicine Association’s CEO, Jonathan Linkous, is leaving the organization. He cited personal reasons for his departure, according to an ATA spokesperson.
For the time being, ATA COO Sabrin... |
| Jul 19, 2017 | At a growing number of schools, sick kids can take a virtual trip to the doctor | School nurses offer far more than just Band-Aids these days. As the prevalence of childhood conditions like asthma and diabetes have risen, nurses treat a wide range of problems. Still, only an estimated 40 percent of U.S. schools have a fu... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Panelists at ATA discuss why there’s “a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women” | There’s no denying it’s a challenge for women to move through the ranks of leadership positions. But the panelists agreed that self-assuredness is key. “I think it’s a confidence thing,” said Kristi Henderson, vice president of virtual care... |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Ex-Epocrates CMO's startup 22otters, also known as Gamgee, has been acquired | An undisclosed company has acquired San Mateo, California-based Gamgee, a digital health startup that has done business as 22otters. Both the Gamgee and 22otters website inform visitors about the acquisition but reveal no additional details... |
| May 27, 2016 | Carena CEO: Telemedicine should be about better care, not technology | “We’re trying to build a better healthcare system, we’re not trying to sell telemedicine,” said Derrickson, a technology entrepreneur who also worked at Sun Microsystems and Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computer. His interest in healthcare was sparked ... |
| Apr 19, 2016 | Optometrists Push For State Laws Blocking Online Eye Exams | Billing itself as a sort of Uber-for-eye-exams, telemedicine startup Opternative recently came on the scene offering a quick, inexpensive alternative to traditional optical exams that uses your computer and smartphone. Following a 25-minute... |
| Mar 22, 2016 | As virtual doctor visits take off, debate over who should pay heats up | Pulse of Longwood takes you inside one of the nation’s largest hubs of hospitals and biomedical research.
When is a video chat with a doctor equivalent to an office visit?
State legislators across the US have been grappling with that questi... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Doctor On Demand Pulls In $50 Million To Continue Expansion Of Its Virtual Doctor Visit Platform | Telemedicine startup Doctor on Demand announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding and signed its 200th employer customer today. The funding will be used to continue to grow the service as well as sign up new partnerships.
D... |
| May 15, 2015 | What makes a state good at telemedicine? What makes a state bad at telemedicine? | Here are a few reasons why:
New Mexico scores an “A” in terms of telehealth parity for private insurance, Medicaid and its state employee health plans.
The Land of Enchantment is one of just five states to specify that its Medicaid program ... |
| Apr 16, 2015 | How direct-to-consumer telemedicine is challenging the traditional practice of medicine | A main driver is the convenience aspect for the patient. He notes that we now expect to be able to bank or even get groceries at any time of the day or night. Patients are now looking for the same access to healthcare providers.
“It used to... |
| Mar 13, 2015 | American Telemedicine Association gets more than 200 applications for accreditation program | It also provides benchmarks for organizations building an online practice and reassurance for payers that the virtual services they are reimbursing are safe and of high quality, according to the ATA.
“In an age where the average consumer ma... |
| Jan 7, 2015 | AbilTo Joins American Telemedicine Association As A Sustaining President’s Circle Member | New York, NY – January 07, 2015 – AbilTo, Inc., the nation’s leading digital behavioral change company, announced today their membership in the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) as a sustaining President’s Circle member. |
| Dec 10, 2014 | Gamgee raises $4M for 22otters, HerStory patient engagement apps | San Mateo, California-based Gamgee raised $4 million in a mix of equity and debt for its suite of patient engagement apps, according to an SEC filing. This brings the company's total funding to at least $6 million.
Existing investor Vinod K... |
| Nov 4, 2014 | New CMS guidelines on telemedicine reimbursement include ‘significant additional coverage’ | In addition, Medicare will cover remote-patient monitoring of chronic conditions. Previously, Medicare didn’t pay for separately for such services, requiring that such billing be bundled with an “evaluation and management” code,” according ... |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 10 good reads to mark #NHIT week | HIMSS goes to Congress — Bernie Monegain of Healthcare IT News writes about some of the priorities HIMSS delegates brought with them as they visited Capitol Hill this week such as expanding telehealth and funding for the National Coordinato... |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Latest telemedicine bill would expand Medicare reimbursement beyond rural communities | In the second phase, the population areas covered are widened to those with 50,000 to 100,000 people. Video conferencing is extended to homes for home health services and agencies, durable medical equipment, home dialysis and hospice. In Ph... |
| Jan 27, 2014 | The 21st century home visit | The TeleDactyl, as depicted on the cover of Science and Invention magazine in 1925.
By Shawn Farrell
Shawn Farrell, MBA, is Telemedicine and Telehealth Program Manager at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Back in the 1920s, when medicine was more... |
| Jan 22, 2014 | Former Apple CEO backs virtual doctor’s office to create the ‘consumer era’ of medicine | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
For the past decade, former Apple chief executive... |
| Jan 22, 2014 | Former Apple CEO backs virtual doctor’s office to create the ‘consumer era’ of medicine | For the past decade, former Apple chief executive John Sculley has been taking on the problem of reforming health care through new technologies.
And now that the Obamacare rollout is in full effect, Sculley is betting on the Sunrise, Fla.-b... |
| Jan 16, 2014 | 14 health care innovation predictions for 2014 | By Vector Staff
2013 saw an accelerated crumbling of borders and boundaries in health care, fueled by technological and scientific advances. Boundaries between high-tech Western medicine and global health practices have begun blurring in in... |
| Nov 20, 2013 | Google’s big health care play: Helpouts is all about video consultations with your doctor | This month, Google announced Helpouts, a video service that puts you face-to-face with an expert anywhere in the world.
People have already envisioned all kinds of potential uses for this new tool, which is still in beta. Just imagine getti... |
| May 15, 2013 | Using avatars to improve physical therapy adherence | Although it has previously focused on weight loss and general health improvement, it sees the $29 billion physical therapy industry as a relatively untapped market and ripe for opportunity. It sees it as a way to improve poor adherence, par... |
| May 8, 2013 | 3 things that will help telemedicine go mainstream and win over pessimists | There was a feeling of cautious optimism among many of the attendees of the annual American Telemedicine Association conference this year in Austin that attitudes towards telemedicine are shifting shifted and this sector of healthcare is on... |
| May 5, 2013 | When an entrepreneur seizes the mic: Bold move or act of desperation? | After initially introducing himself to the panelists — Qualcomm Life Fund Director Jack Young, Ansley Capital Group Managing Director Dr. Bryan Bushick, Specialists on Call CEO Dr. Joe Peterson and moderator Alexis Gilroy, a partner with Ne... |
| May 5, 2013 | 10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter | Clint Phillips (@ClintGPhillips) is the CEO and founder of 2nd.MD, a second opinion service that connects users to specialists by phone or by Web.
Ben Green (@BenGreenMD) is the medical director for Carena Medical Providers and Care Simple ... |
| Aug 20, 2012 | Dermatologists establish ‘instant online practices’ with remote diagnosis network | To do that, DermLink has portals for three different populations: patients, dermatologists and general practice physicians. A patient can organically initiate an online consultation with a DermLink dermatologist, and the system will match t... |
| Aug 9, 2012 | Remote acne diagnosis business hopes to improve access to dermatologists | The system then vets the quality of the images and assigns the case to a physician who evaluates the information to generate a treatment plan that’s specific to the patient’s severity of acne and the exacerbating factors. When the treatment... |
| Jul 9, 2012 | Strategies for pediatric telehealth: Lessons from TeleConnect | Boston Children’s David Casavant, MD, in a mock TeleConnect drill with South Shore Hospital.
By Naomi Fried
Imagine yourself in an emergency department taking care of a very sick child. Should he be transferred to a higher-level care settin... |
| May 23, 2012 | 6 niche markets for telemedicine | Dermatology. Teledermatology is an established, but growing area because it uses the same “store and forward” system as teleradiology. Images are transmitted to dermatologists, who may be in another state. They send their diagnosis to the r... |
| May 4, 2012 | A look back at #ATA2012 (Four observations) | Here’s a look back at #ATA2012 with four completely subjective observations.
Conventional wisdom on the state of telemedicine: It doesn’t take an Occupy Wall Streeter or aspiring anarchist/bridge bomber to realize a capitalist society and e... |
| May 1, 2012 | Steve Wozniak-approved mHealth app helps physicians collaborate on care using photos, video | A mobile health app that enables physicians to collaborate with colleagues using text, video and photos received a big boost at the American Telemedicine Association‘s annual conference when it was mentioned by Apple co-founder Steve Woznia... |
| Apr 30, 2012 | Early detection device monitors patient vital signs with no body contact | An early detection, no-contact medical device that monitors a patient’s heart rate, respiration rate and movement has entered beta testing at three hospitals.
Sensiotec‘s Virtual Medical Assistant received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Foo... |
| Apr 30, 2012 | The biggest barrier to telemedicine adoption isn’t reimbursement | There’s little reason to dispute that assertion, but American Well CEO Roy Schoenberg said reimbursement isn’t the biggest thing that’s holding back telemedicine in the U.S. (American Well provides a Web-based platform that connects health ... |
| Apr 30, 2012 | Telemedicine forecast: Mobile and clouds with a strong chance of video | The clinic at Cisco’s Silicon Valley headquarters also serves the company’s Research Triangle Park, North Carolina campus. And the connections don’t end there. Telemedicine gives Cisco employees access to medical specialists in North Caroli... |
| Mar 5, 2012 | Barrier to telemedicine? Many states restrict prescriptions authority | But many states restrict doctors’ ability to prescribe medicines to patients they’ve never seen in person, which potentially sets up a barrier to telemedicine adoption.
“Most of the state medical laws were written a long time ago and haven’... |
| May 19, 2010 | Zipnosis looks to bring telehealth to the masses | For patients who think that way, four-employee Minneapolis startup Zipnosis may represent the ultimate time-saver. For $25, the company offers patients asynchronous web visits with doctors, meaning each participant doesn’t need to be online... |
| Panelists at ATA discuss why there’s “a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women” | Among the many trends at this year’s American Telemedicine Association conference was a focus on the advancement of women in telehealth. Though every conference attendee donned a badge, all the females had a “Women in Telehealth” sticker on... |
| 10 good reads to mark #NHIT week | As National Health IT Week comes to an end, I thought it would be useful to highlight some of the most relevant articles, blog posts and assessments on some of the issues central to the discussion from the Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rule ... |
| American Telemedicine Association gets more than 200 applications for accreditation program | Not quite three months after it rolled out an accreditation program for telehealth and providers, the American Telemedicine Association said it has received more than 200 applications to register, while awarding its first accreditation to A... |
| When an entrepreneur seizes the mic: Bold move or act of desperation? | Healthcare startups in fundraising mode occasionally break the rules to get an investor’s ear. Sometimes it works, but it can generate a collective cringe from onlookers.
That was the impression left by the head of a remote monitoring compa... |
| Dermatologists establish ‘instant online practices’ with remote diagnosis network | After hearing about how long a co-worker’s wife had to wait to see a dermatologist after being misdiagnosed by a primary care physician, Victor Gane had an idea.
He teamed up with Jamison Feramisco, and together they brought life to DermLin... |
| New CMS guidelines on telemedicine reimbursement include ‘significant additional coverage’ | As CMS goes, so goes private insurance. That’s perhaps a simplification of how reimbursement rates are developed for healthcare payers, but big payers definitely watch what CMS is doing.
So it’s no small deal that CMS late last week issued ... |
| The biggest barrier to telemedicine adoption isn’t reimbursement | It’s often taken as gospel in the telemedicine industry that the greatest roadblock to adoption is reimbursement.
In other words, once doctors know that they’ll be compensated by public and private payers for video conferencing with patient... |
| Remote acne diagnosis business hopes to improve access to dermatologists | We’ve seen telemedicine startups turning everyday technology into ways to remotely diagnose ear infections, vision disorders, pneumonia and heart attack, just to name a few. Now, a pair of entrepreneurial-minded brothers — one who’s a derma... |
| American Telemedicine Association CEO steps down | After two dozen years at the helm, the American Telemedicine Association’s CEO, Jonathan Linkous, is leaving the organization. He cited personal reasons for his departure, according to an ATA spokesperson.
For the time being, ATA COO Sabrin... |
| How direct-to-consumer telemedicine is challenging the traditional practice of medicine | This post is sponsored by the American Telemedicine Association.
With the invention of smartphone apps and interactive websites, telemedicine is rapidly evolving from a physician-to-physician interaction toward a direct-to-consumer (DTC) en... |
| HIMSS Digital experts: Providers may once again face a ‘labyrinth’ of telehealth policies | Industry groups have recently raised the alarm about a so-called “telehealth cliff.” But after more than a year of life during a pandemic, could virtual visits fade away so quickly?
After the events of 2020, it’s difficult to imagine virtua... |
| What makes a state good at telemedicine? What makes a state bad at telemedicine? | What’s the difference between a “good” state for telemedicine and a “bad” one?
The American Telemedicine Association released two reports at its annual conference earlier this month in Los Angeles, a state-by state analysis of coverage and ... |
| Carena CEO: Telemedicine should be about better care, not technology | Ralph Derrickson
Healthcare conference-goers often head for home with new energy to take on challenges they were facing back at work. But one prominent attendee of the American Telemedicine Association annual conference, held May 14-17 in M... |
| Early detection device monitors patient vital signs with no body contact | An early detection, no-contact medical device that monitors a patient’s heart rate, respiration rate and movement has entered beta testing at three hospitals.
Sensiotec‘s Virtual Medical Assistant received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Foo... |
| 3 things that will help telemedicine go mainstream and win over pessimists | There was a feeling of cautious optimism among many of the attendees of the annual American Telemedicine Association conference this year in Austin that attitudes towards telemedicine are shifting shifted and this sector of healthcare is on... |
| Barrier to telemedicine? Many states restrict prescriptions authority | Many in the healthcare industry believe that telemedicine holds the key to solving some of America’s most pressing healthcare problems, namely access and expense.
Video conferences between doctors and patients, for example, are quicker, eas... |
| Former Zest Health CEO tapped to lead American Telemedicine Association | Ann Mond Johnson has been named CEO of the American Telemedicine Association. She will officially take the reins March 5.
Johnson previously served as CEO of Zest Health, a Chicago-based digital technology company that helps patients naviga... |
| Latest telemedicine bill would expand Medicare reimbursement beyond rural communities | Two telemedicine bills introduced in the Senate and re-introduced in the House this week hope to expand the telemedicine services reimbursement by Medicare, as well as extend them to urban areas. Reimbursement tends to focus on rural popula... |
| Telemedicine forecast: Mobile and clouds with a strong chance of video | Telemedicine applications for healthcare providers can be seen in how some corporations provide care for their workers. Consider how Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) offers employees healthcare on its campuses on opposite ends of the country.
Ci... |
| 6 niche markets for telemedicine | Pennsylvania’s move this week to expand its telemedicine program to include more specialties reflects a broader trend of states using this tactic to improve healthcare access in underserved communities.
Some specialized markets have emerged... |
| Using avatars to improve physical therapy adherence | A lot of companies have championed the benefits of devices like Fitbit to help engage patients in their healthcare and track their progress in a trend that’s referred to as the quantified self. Instead of apps, Respondesign wants to improve... |
| Zipnosis looks to bring telehealth to the masses | Often, healthcare isn’t all that complicated.
When it comes to routine ailments–like sore throats, bladder infections, sinus infections and seasonal allergies– diagnosis and treatment are fairly standard.
So why should patients suffering fr... |
| Will telehealth limitations hamper these states’ responses to Covid-19? | As the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold in the U.S., hospitals are deploying tech to battle this novel coronavirus that has been billed by the former FDA commissioner as a once-in-a-generation pathogen.
As of Monday, the Centers for Disease Con... |
| StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups | Carrum Health and Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR) released a survey that found employers’ desire to drive down healthcare expenditures and improve quality will likely lead to an increase in usage of Centers of Excellence (COE).... |
| 10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter | As the American Telemedicine Association’s 2013 conference gets underway in Austin this weekend, the event’s attendees reflect the variety of solutions providers are testing and implementing across primary care, dermatology, pediatrics and ... |
| Steve Wozniak-approved mHealth app helps physicians collaborate on care using photos, video | A mobile health app that enables physicians to collaborate with colleagues using text, video and photos received a big boost at the American Telemedicine Association‘s annual conference when it was mentioned by Apple co-founder Steve Woznia... |
| A look back at #ATA2012 (Four observations) | The American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference in San Jose, California wrapped up on Tuesday evening with a networking event in San Jose’s Tech Museum.
Conference attendance climbed, representative of the what attendees no doubt ... |
| BrightInsight CEO Kal Patel M.D. discusses the future of regulated digital health for biopharma and medtech | In the past 21 months since Covid-19 became a public health crisis, adoption of virtual health solutions has accelerated in an effort to mitigate risk. Although once regarded as a useful companion to in-patient visits, virtual care as a def... |
