Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina Health and Cleveland-based MetroHealth System have joined forces to create a nonprofit virtual and in-home care company called Ovatient.

Telehealth company Teladoc has named Laizer Kornwasser as president of enterprise growth and global markets.

The HHS Office of Inspector General urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate how the use of telehealth affected the quality of home healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

As states continue to adopt more robust telehealth policies, each state has a unique approach to how telehealth is treated by Medicaid programs, private payer laws and professional requirements, according to an October telehealth policy report by the Centers for Connected Health Policy. 

Signify, a home health company that recently entered into an agreement to be acquired by CVS, is expanding its in-home diagnostic and preventive services by making them available to customers on Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans.

Brian O'Shaughnessy, former director of global corporate communications and public affairs for Google, joined telehealth company Hims & Hers. 

Houston-based Children's Memorial Hermann has partnered with telehealth company Hazel Health to provide outpatient pediatric care to K-12 students in Houston. 

A new study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed that 77 percent of physicians would like to continue using telehealth to treat patients with opioid use disorder.

The use of telehealth is effective at reducing odds of no-show clinic visits by more than two-thirds for surgical patients. 

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has opened two new telehealth sites for veterans in Montana. 

Penn Medicine's telemedicine-driven fertility program cut treatment wait times almost in half from 97 days to 41 days, according to research published in NEJM Catalyst. 

Below are five hospitals and health systems that rolled out or announced new telehealth services since Sept. 16. 

A pilot program at NYU Langone is using telemedicine to match eligible lung cancer patients with supportive care physicians at Perlmutter Cancer Center. 

Samsung has partnered with virtual primary care provider HealthTap to bring primary care capabilities to Samsung Smart TVs. 

Telehealth visits have been on the steady decline since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but remain well above pre-pandemic levels, Politico reported Oct. 11. 

Bloomington-based Indiana University received a $4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to continue its research on the telehealth app Brain CareNotes, according to Oct. 11 reporting in Inside Indiana Business.

The healthcare landscape is evolving rapidly. Telehealth adoption rates are on the rise, but health equity is a bigger concern than ever. At the same time, non-traditional players are entering the healthcare sector, introducing new sources of competition for hospitals and health systems.

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Healthcare System is launching Hamilton Community Health, a systemwide telehealth service, according Oct. 10 reporting in The Calhoun Times.

Experts believe remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telehealth technologies are here to stay and that a new model of hybrid care is emerging that will enhance the experience for both patients and providers.

Telehealth company Ro is partnering with the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to use its telehealth platform to screen patients for Alzheimer's and dementia clinical studies.