Telehealth

Also known as telemedicine, this area of care helps connect doctors and patients remotely, without requiring in-person visits. This virtual care strategy is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, delivering lab test or diagnostic imaging results, post-surgical follow-ups, assessing skin conditions, online counseling and many other healthcare services. It also can improve care, care access and outcomes for patients.

Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth Joins GaHIN to Improve Care at School Clinics

ATLANTA, GA--(Jun 3, 2015) - Care providers at Georgia's school clinics will be able to remotely access student health information from pediatricians and other providers to deliver better onsite care now that Georgia Partnership For TeleHealth (GPT) has joined Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN). 

June 4, 2015

Samsung and TeleHealth Services Announce Completion of New Patient Care Solution to Cut Costs of Interactive Patient Engagement Solutions in Half

Raleigh, NC, March 25, 2015 – TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of hospital televisions and interactive patient engagement solutions, announced through their partnership with Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the completion of a new patient engagement solution called SmarTigr.

March 25, 2015

OSTAR Launches G4™ First Cell Enabled Multifunction TeleHealth Gateway for Diabetes / CHF

VANCOUVER, Wash., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OSTAR Healthcare Technology, a Washington State-based Telehealth Solutions company, announced the global launch of its G4 Device Gateway.

March 9, 2015

Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth Expands Telemedicine to First College Campus in Georgia

Waycross, GA – (February 11, 2015) - Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), a charitable nonprofit promoting the establishment of telemedicine programs in communities throughout Georgia, announces its newest partner, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), a State College of the University System of Georgia located in Tifton.Waycross, GA – (February 11, 2015) - Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), a charitable nonprofit promoting the establishment of telemedicine programs in communities throughout Georgia, announces its newest partner, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), a State College of the University System of Georgia located in Tifton.

February 11, 2015

OSTAR Launches First Cellular TeleHealth Blood Pressure System for CHF

VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 30, 2015-- OSTAR Healthcare Technology, a Washington StateBased TeleHealth Solutions company, announced the North American launch of yet another first in theirCellular TeleHealth Blood Pressure Monitoring System. 

February 2, 2015

American Well® 2015 Telehealth Survey: 64% of Consumers Would See a Doctor Via Video

BOSTON, Jan. 21, 2015 -- A survey of U.S. consumers found that 64 percent of Americans are willing to have doctor visits via video telehealth. The nationally projectable survey of 2,019 Americans age 18+ was conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of American Well® in December. The survey uncovered key factors important to consumers when it comes to telehealth:

January 22, 2015

Research and Markets: Global Telehealth Market 2015-2019

DUBLIN--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gq8lps/global_telehealth) has announced the addition of the "Global Telehealth Market 2015-2019" report to their offering.

January 12, 2015

AJMC December Publications Address How to Pay for Telehealth

Plainsboro, N.J., December 29, 2014 -- A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could unleash the potential of telehealth to improve care for seniors with chronic conditions, if the agency lifts a barrier to paying for its use.

January 8, 2015

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