Telehealth

Google Cloud, Amwell Partner to Increase Access to Virtual Care

August 27, 2020 - Google Cloud and Amwell recently entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership to expand access to virtual care and improve patient and clinician experience. The companies aim to deliver transformative telehealth solutions across the global healthcare ecosystem. As part of the partnership, Google Cloud selected Amwell as its preferred global...


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AVIA Opens COVID-19 Platform to All Healthcare Organizations

by Samantha McGrail

AVIA recently announced the opening of its COVID-19 Resource Hub to all US hospitals US, designed to provide digital health communities and resources. Through its new partnerships with the American...

HHS Offers $5M for Studying Use of Health IT During Pandemic

by Samantha McGrail

HHS recently announced a new funding opportunity announcement through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that will award $5 million to support research efforts gauging provider use...

Allscripts Streamlines Telehealth Implementation During COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Allscripts recently announced that it has created a specialized telehealth implementation plan for clients to implement virtual visits between providers and patients through its EHR-agnostic patient...

Verizon, Emory Launch First 5G Healthcare Innovation Lab

by Samantha McGrail

The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) recently announced that it will be powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service, creating the nation’s first 5G healthcare innovation lab. EHIH is a...

VA Set to Launch First 5G Hospital in California

by Samantha McGrail

The Department of Veteran Affairs will continue to increase innovation with the launch of its first 5G hospital in California, VA Secretary Robert announced at the “State of the VA” speech...

Masimo Acquires NantHealth’s Connected Care Assets for $47.25M

by Samantha McGrail

Masimo, a global leader in noninvasive monitoring technologies and connectivity tools for hospitals, recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire the connected care assets from California-based...

Greeneville Community Hospital East Deploys Telehealth ICU Platform

by Fred Donovan

Tennessee-based Greeneville Community Hospital East is deploying a telehealth ICU platform for its intensive care unit (ICU). Greeneville Community Hospital East, part of the Ballard Health system, is...

Broadband Internet Expansion Key to Telehealth in Rural Areas

by Fred Donovan

Expanding access to broadband internet is necessary for rural areas to benefit from telehealth services, argued Karen Rheuban, MD, professor of pediatrics and director of the University of Virginia...

D-H’s High-Tech Hub Provides Advanced IT for Its Telehealth Services

by Fred Donovan

Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) has set up a high-tech hub to provide advanced IT infrastructure to run its Tele-Intensive Care Unit (TeleICU) and TeleEmergency services for rural hospitals in New...

Illinois to Invest $420M in Broadband for Rural Telehealth, Education

by Fred Donovan

The state of Illinois is investing $420 million in broadband infrastructure to bring telehealth, education, and economic development to rural areas, Governor JB Pritzker announced August 15. The...

Georgia Hospitals Team with Erlanger for Telestroke Services

by Fred Donovan

AdventHealth Gordon and AdventHealth Murray in northern Georgia have partnered with Chattanooga, TN-based Erlanger Health System to provide telestroke services to their patients. The new partnership...

Lack of Broadband Access Can Hinder Rural Telehealth Programs

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Telehealth programs allow patients to connect with their care providers from local clinics or the comfort of their homes. While this is useful to many patients who can’t easily meet with a...

Software-Defined Networks Support Future-Proof Connectivity

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Organizations are broadening their healthcare networks to reach out beyond the confines of the facility. In order to do this successfully there needs to be more visibility and control over the network,...

Growing Mobile Availability Fuels Healthcare Mobile Development

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

The dependence on mobile networks to keep patients and clinicians connected is expected to increase dramatically over the next several years, according to the latest GSMA Mobile Industry Impact Report....

Identifying Health IT Infrastructure Requirements for Telehealth

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

As healthcare organizations continue to utilize telehealth programs, it’s more important than ever to make sure that all health IT infrastructure requirements for telehealth are met....

NIH Encourages Broadband Improvements for Rural Healthcare

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Using innovative HIT infrastructure tools to give patients better access to care options, including broadband improvements for telehealth, can help improve the quality of care for cancer patients in...

Advanced Health IT Infrastructure Tools Reduce Cost

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Health IT infrastructure is increasingly vital as more aspects of patient care depend on the support of IT infrastructure tools. The pressure of value-based care adds to the importance of investing in...

Health IT Infrastructure Supports Successful Telemedicine Programs

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Health IT infrastructure is significantly impacted by the growing popularity of telemedicine, with clinicians and patients able to take advantage of innovative tools. Organizations are deploying...

Potential FCC Restrictions Challenge Telehealth Network Usability

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Earlier this week, President Trump signed two executive orders to expand access to broadband internet in rural America. Many patients in rural areas depend on broadband services to support their...