Telehealth

The Department of Justice described the case as involving one of the "largest healthcare fraud schemes in United States history."

Heritage Clinic, a behavioral health provider, gives tablets to help patients connect with their clinicians and with their families. The effort enables measurable improvements in mental health.

A Health Affairs study found that telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower in communities with higher rates of poverty – suggesting that the industry must address the digital divide in order to ensure widespread access to virtual care.

Xealth CEO Mike McSherry discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has created the need for more integrated digital tools.

Similar to when doctors made house calls, telehealth is bringing about a more personalized world where healthcare is once again coming to the patient, says RingCentral's John Poli.

"People like it, they've gotten used to it and they're comfortable with it," says the behavioral health provider's CIO. "Telehealth is going to be a permanent part of our care model."

The device is said to be the first that can track cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels in the body at the same time.

There has been an uptake of remote triage and virtual consultations across primary care, and Dr. Minal Bakhai, GP and clinical director for digital-first primary care NHS England, discusses the key steps that have been taken to ensure best practices.

The telecommunications giant is seeking to expand its reach in healthcare whilst dealing with strikes and imminent redundancies.

The health system was conducting around 25 to 50 virtual visits a day; at the height of the pandemic, that rose to nearly 8,000. It worked with Cisco, Apple and others for clinician-to-clinician video.