telehealth

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Blue Shield of Northeastern New York plan to cover telehealth services for patients who connect with healthcare providers from home or work via the American Well Online Care platform.

UnitedHealth Group and Cisco are teaming up to build a national telehealth network that will grant patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not possible.

The Federal Communications Commission has announced $145 million in grants to 16 telehealth projects for engineering, constructing and implementing regional high-speed broadband networks in 17 states.

Five research teams will receive $2.4 million in grants to study how patient-recorded observations of daily life can be used to treat chronic conditions. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the projects involve mobile phone applications, remote patient monitoring tools and personal health record systems.

Raleigh, N.C.-based TeleHealth Services has rolled out its updated TIGR version 7 system. The new interactive education system will provide hospital patients with on-demand access to condition-specific patient education care plans.

The Veterans Administration of Central California Health Care System plans to use the Health Buddy remote patient monitoring system from Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. to promote better medication adherence in chronically ill veterans.

The Veterans Affairs Department is proposing to double its telehealth investment over two years.

The California Department of Corrections used telemedicine to save the state $13 million last year, largely by reducing transportation and security costs.

Traditional Home Health and Hospice in Dunmore, Pa., has selected ExpressMD's Electronic House Call system for use in its Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) patient management program.