Telehealth

This week's top stories include California passing the nation's first law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX filing to go public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.

A George Mason University professor argues in a new report that hurdles to entrepreneurial exploration are slowing telehealth expansion.

Biofourmis has restructured its business to pursue its original focus on data-driven patient monitoring alongside its more recent interest in standalone and companion digital therapeutics.

The SF-based health tech company says its telemedicine platform saw double-digit growth during the pandemic.

The VirtualCheckup program combines telemedicine, clinical diagnostics, and COVID-19 and depression screenings to offer users preventive care.

The funds will be used to advance the deep tech and clinical validation of the startup’s Am Mindfulness meditation app.

In a study, researchers also found this telemonitoring reduced hypertension more than usual care.

Clark County Rehabilitation and Living Center is using FCC award funds to expand its Polycom device-based program to keep patients on schedule with mental health and general care.

Using the Mount Sinai De-Identified COVID-19 database, researchers examined information from more than 52,000 unique patients who sought care between March and May.

Other major challenges include remote patient monitoring, interoperability, real-time data analytics, work-from-home resources and patient surveillance, according to a new KLAS report.