Accolade, a healthcare technology and benefits firm, will acquire telemedicine startup 2nd.MD to increase its ability to give users virtual access to second opinions, CNBC reports.

After raising more than $740 million in its initial public offering in September, Amwell filed paperwork Jan. 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of 11.3 million shares.

The CipherHealth platform supports patient engagement through the entire continuum of care to deliver superior operational efficiency, improved outcomes, and bottom-line growth

When it comes to expanding telehealth access and reducing the digital divide, Stephen Klasko, MD, CEO of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, considers broadband access for all to be one of the most important priorities.

HHS has awarded $8 million to fund the Telehealth Broadband Pilot program, which assesses the broadband capacity of rural healthcare providers and patient communities to improve their telehealth access, HHS announced today.

Amwell rolled out a new offering that provides remote psychiatry services, the Boston-based telehealth company announced Jan. 12.

More than half of patients who've been receiving remote mental healthcare from Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, part of the University of Michigan, will want their care to remain remote after the pandemic ends, a recent study found. 

Teladoc Health has tapped Dexcom to provide its members a new diabetes management service that creates reports and digital visualizations of health information, the companies announced Jan. 11.

New York will introduce comprehensive reforms to its telehealth policy, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Jan. 10.

Telehealth has been a key tool for providers and patients to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its effectiveness can vary by the way patients use it.

Clinicians and healthcare organizations should evaluate and address patient concerns that may have arisen during the industry's rapid shift to telehealth during the pandemic, nine researchers wrote in a perspectives article published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

The FCC is seeking advice on how to distribute the second round of its COVID-19 telehealth program, which recently received an additional $249.95 million in funds. 

While telehealth has appeared to cement its place in healthcare delivery, about one-fourth of provider, payer and employer organizations are not happy with their current platforms, according to KLAS Research.

Telehealth use skyrocketed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving healthcare organizations to forge new vendor partnerships and rapidly expand virtual care offerings.

Nationwide, telehealth claim lines skyrocketed 3,060 percent from October 2019 to October 2020, according to private healthcare claims data released Jan. 6 by the healthcare research organization Fair Health.

Rennova Health recently completed an agreement with InnovaQor, a subsidiary of TPT Global Tech, to merge Rennova's software and genetic testing divisions and form a company  providing telehealth. 

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., will provide telemedicine services and geriatric emergency department training, education and other resources to four rural hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a comprehensive bill Jan. 1 that requires insurers to  permanently cover telehealth  after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. 

UPMC unveiled a new telehealth model Jan. 4 that lets patients schedule appointments with the Pittsburgh-based health system's virtual primary care service for chronic and acute care conditions, according to ABC affiliate WHTM.

UCLA Health is creating telehealth-specific triage protocols to help providers determine when it is appropriate to deliver care to patients via a virtual approach, according to a Dec. 30 NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery report.