Telehealth

Pre-term infants, newborns with respiratory distress and babies who require advanced resuscitation located in community hospitals get the specialty care they need through video.

The telehealth company says group video calls will enable more people to take advantage of the federal program, which outfits patients with Fitbits, wireless scales and a mobile app to keep track of diet.

While the average emergency room wait times for low-acuity patients were up to two-and-a-half hours at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, the provider’s Telehealth Express Care service can get patients in and out in 35 minutes.

While telehealth is touted as a way to reduce care costs and doctor’s visits, a study from the University of Wisconsin revealed telemedicine may be falling short in other areas.

After 24 years as leader, Linkous will leave the organization he helped form.

The President and the Veterans Affairs secretary also announced a new telehealth app and said they are rolling out another nationwide.

We asked company leaders from American Well to Zipnosis to explain how their services work, and why they are seeing a surge in telehealth interest.

Report offers advice on how to do it right – the way patients want.

Dignity Health, Sutter Health and others say Glass Enterprise Edition – which now features a detachable module that can work with other eyewear – has helped with efficiency and allowed doctors to focus more on patients.

Virtual care startup lands $8 million in the second round of funding to further develop its platform.