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ATA selects finalists for telehealth innovation award
The American Telemedicine Association selected four companies for its 2023 innovation challenge award at its second annual conference. -
Mount Sinai, NYC libraries offer classes on accessing telehealth, health records
New York City-based Mount Sinai is partnering with the New York Public Library to offer digital literacy classes for individuals trying to access healthcare via telehealth or through electronic information technologies. -
Mercy forms partnership to design hospital-at-home program
St. Louis-based Mercy is partnering with tech-focused at-home care company Maribel Health to develop new at-home care programs, including a hospital-at-home program. -
Sanford rolls out self-scheduling for virtual health
Patients at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health can now use the My Sanford Chart website or app to schedule a virtual behavioral health appointment, keloland.com reported March 14. -
DocGo gets $180M in new business
Telehealth and mobile health company DocGo announced that since the start of 2023, the company has secured $180 million in new contracts over the next three years. -
Novant Health, YMCA partner on telehealth
Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is partnering with rural YMCAs across North Carolina to install telehealth portals in the community centers, the Triad Business Journal reported March 9. -
Giannis Antetokounmpo launches new telehealth treatment campaign
The Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation, a foundation created by Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family, is partnering with telehealth company Antidote Health to provide free mental health telehealth services to Milwaukee residents. -
The pandemic widened the rural-urban telehealth divide, VA finds
Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network. -
Cerebral to patients: Personal information was shared with social media companies
Telehealth startup Cerebral sent letters to patients March 6 stating that some of their information may have been disclosed to social media companies when it used pixel tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites, LegalScoops reported. -
Telehealth can help with staff shortages, Providence says
As hospital emergency rooms are dealing with staffing shortages, a spokesperson for Providence Centralia (Wa.) Hospital told The Chronicle March 8 that 20 to 25 percent of patients coming into their emergency room could receive telehealth care. -
Telehealth startups are going all in on weight loss drugs
Drugs used to lose weight quickly have gained attention across social media and celebrity circles over the last year, fueling a rise in digital health startups that offer online prescriptions for drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, which are meant for treating diabetes. -
Telehealth utilization trends in December: 5 things to know
National telehealth utilization grew by 3.8 percent in December claiming 5.5 percent of medical claim lines compared to 5.3 percent in November, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. -
Virtual care improves heart failure treatment at 3 Mass General Brigham hospitals
Virtual care improved treatment for heart failure patients at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, according to a March 6 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. -
WeightWatchers to buy telehealth company that prescribes Ozempic in $132M deal
WeightWatchers has agreed to purchase telehealth company Sequence, which digitally prescribes weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, in a $132 million deal. -
American Telemedicine Association names CVS chief medical officer chair-elect
The American Telemedicine Association is naming CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Sree Chaguturu, MD, as chair-elect of the board of directors. -
NextMed: A young, controversial telehealth startup taps into Ozempic
Great public appetite for weight loss drugs is fueling business for startups like NextMed, which pivoted from COVID-19 testing to online prescriptions for drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, drawing criticism in the process. -
Ontrak CEO indicted for insider trading
Terren Peizer, CEO of telehealth company Ontrak, has been indicted for insider trading to avoid millions of dollars in losses, according to a March 1 Justice Department news release. -
Cleveland Clinic, Bellin Health exemplify team-based telehealth, AMA says
The "doctor-does-it-all" approach doesn't work for in-person healthcare and isn't effective for telemedicine either, the American Medical Association says. -
68% of patients who needed care while traveling used telehealth, study says
A new study from virtual health company KeyCare revealed that 68 percent of patients traveling who needed minor but urgent medical care consulted their regular clinicians via telehealth. -
Cerebral to layoff 15% of staff
Telehealth startup Cerebral is laying off 15 percent of its staff, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 27.
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