Here are five hospitals and health systems that implemented telehealth technology and services in February:
1. Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora is now providing remote second opinions via health advisory firm PinnacleCare's virtual care platform.
2. Renton, Wash.-based Providence on Feb. 5 unveiled its latest initiative to combat healthcare provider burnout: a telehealth-based behavioral health concierge for its employees.
3. University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System physicians began treating patients with lung nodules via telemedicine as part of a new pilot program aimed at improving early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
4. Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota Health System will begin providing neonatal care delivered via telemedicine technology to six hospitals across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
5. UC Davis Health began a telemedicine partnership with Adventist Health + Rideout, offering neonatology care to patients at the Roseville, Calif.-based health system via virtual consultation.