Virtual Healthcare Has Green Benefits

The Covid-19 pandemic gave telehealth a massive push. Now healthcare companies are increasingly appreciating its carbon savings.
Amazon expands its virtual healthcare service across the U.S.

Amazon is expanding its Clinic healthcare platform to all 50 U.S. states, plus Washington D.C.
Google looks to break into virtual care with new partnership

Google is continuing its expansion into virtual care as it makes virtual care platform Pager available on Google Cloud Marketplace.
Recognizing the Many Benefits That Telemedicine Offers Assisted Living Residents

The use of telemedicine in senior care settings accelerated during the pandemic, and we’re still understanding the various benefits and ways that telemedicine can be used in senior care. From the findings of a new research study to the exciting ways that one senior care community is continuing to embrace telemedicine, it’s clear that this approach has lots to offer to the senior care industry.
Millions of personal records unprotected in flawed telemedicine application software

QuickBlox, a software development framework used in telemedicine and finance, was found to have several critical security flaws, according to a joint study from computer and network security research firms Check Point Research and Claroty Team82 published July 12.
Telehealth linked to fewer in-person follow-up visits

Sixteen out of 24 specialties saw an in-person follow-up after an office visit more often than after a telehealth visit.
Telehealth largely drives fewer in-person follow-up visits, study shows

Telehealth largely drives fewer in-person follow-up visits, study shows By Frank Diamond Telehealth came into its own during the COVID-19 pandemic and even though there’s a push to have it play a bigger role in healthcare going forward just how big a role that should be remains to be seen. A white paper from Epic Research looks at how often a telehealth […]
Telehealth utilization falls nationally

Telehealth utilization decreased across all regions in April, decreasing nationally by 5.4 percent month over month, according to a July 6 news release from Fair Health.
New telehealth program offers women birth control prescriptions over the phone

Intermountain Health is giving adult women the chance to receive prescriptions for basic birth control through telehealth appointments.
Virtual Care Model Aims to Provide Clinical Support in Nursing Homes

A pilot study aimed to virtually apply a pre-existing in-person model to improve clinical support for the growing nursing home population.