AT&T has entered into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer free video conferencing services to veterans to help them connect with their health care providers through smartphones, computers or tablets.
Read More »LexisNexis Risk Solutions Publishes Telehealth Statistics via COVID-19 Data Resource Center; Josh Schoeller Quoted
LexisNexis Risk Solutions' health care business has added national telehealth trending insights to its COVID-19 Data Resource Center to show exponential growth of telehealth adoption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Wednesday.
Read More »Guidehouse Releases Health Executive Survey, Notes Adoption Struggles Amid COVID-19; David Burik, Chuck Peck Quoted
Guidehouse has released a study, analyzing hospital and health system executives revenues before and after COVID-19, the company reported on Thursday. The survey was conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Read More »In-Q-Tel’s Dan Hanfling, Tara O’Toole: Gov’t Must Invest in Next-Gen Emergency Response Tech
In-Q-Tel executives Dan Hanfling and Tara O’Toole have said that the U.S. “risks being unprepared” for catastrophic events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, epidemics and bioattacks by failing to integrate new capabilities into emergency response technologies.
Read More »Verizon to Offer Veterans Free VA Telehealth Access
Verizon plans to provide its veteran customers with limitless access to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ telehealth app, which allows veterans to interact with VA healthcare providers via live video streaming.
Read More »Microsoft, VA Collaborate to Connect Rural Veterans to Internet
Microsoft and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to provide rural veterans with access to the internet to use telehealth services, receive educational opportunities, secure jobs and grow their businesses.
Read More »AMC Health-1Vision Team Receives VA Certification, Contract for Telehealth Services
HMS Technologies‘ 1Vision subsidiary and AMC Health have received authority to operate certification and a contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide telehealth services to former military personnel and their family members. The team also won a spot on a potential $258.7 million contract to help the VA deploy platforms …
Read More »GlobalMed Gets DoD ATO Certification for Virtual Healthcare Platform
The Defense Department has granted GlobalMed an authorization to deploy a company-built virtual health platform on DoD networks. GlobalMed said Tuesday it received authority to operate for its video-based telehealth offering designed to connect providers and patients. The ATO certification also allows the company to provide virtual healthcare applications, software and hardware for integration into the Military …
Read More »Army Seeks Industry Info on Telemedicine IT Platforms, Services
The U.S. Army has released a request for information on potential industry sources of information technology platforms and services in support of the service branch’s telehealth program for patients at home and other remote locations. The Army Medical Command said in a FedBizOpps notice published Monday the RFI is in response to a …
Read More »Iowa Clinic Picks TeleCommunication Systems Telemedicine Platform; Jay Whitehurst Comments
TeleCommunication Systems has been selected to deploy its cloud-based telemedicine platform for the Iowa Clinic’s project meant to remotely serve patients from multiple devices. The Iowa Clinic integrates TCS’ VirtuMedix platform into the Iowa eClinic service to help healthcare providers reach patients through a virtual platform, TCS said Tuesday. “The …
Read More »Dell Services, TechSpring Roll Out Telehealth, Predictive Analytics Projects
Dell Services and Baystate Health’s technology center TechSpring have introduced programs that aim to improve the provision of care for patients with chronic conditions through telehealth and predictive analytics. Dell said Tuesday it will work to collect claims, socio-economic and clinical data from several patient populations in an effort to …
Read More »Philips to Support Telemonitoring Clinical Program; Brian Rosenfeld Comments
Philips has been chosen to support Partners HealthCare At Home in providing telemonitoring services for patients with chronic illnesses and those who are newly discharged, the companies said Wednesday. The telemonitoring program is intended to remotely track a patient’s health status and alert nursing staff when preemptive medical intervention is needed to …
Read More »Intel-GE JV Signs Up for Mississippi Telehealth Program
Intel and General Electric‘s joint healthcare venture and Mississippi’s government have partnered to offer telemedicine services to people with diabetes in underserved communities. The Diabetes Telehealth Network includes Intel-GE Care Innovations, C Spire, GE Healthcare, the North Sunflower Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center, the university said Thursday. …
Read More »Cisco Selects UVA’s Telehealth Center as Healthcare Center of Excellence
Cisco Systems Inc. has enlisted the telehealth center of the University of Virginia to its healthcare center of excellence program designed to help healthcare institutions align information technology investments with business processes. The UVA center for telehealth has established a network covering 108 sites across Virginia, connecting clinicians and specialists …
Read More »Verizon Grant to Help Fund College Curriculum at UVA-Wise
With the expansion of telehealth services across the country — particularly in rural areas like southwestern Virginia — Verizon has decided to pitch in to keep up the growing services. The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is receiving a $20,000 grant from Verizon to help its telehealth nursing curriculum …
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