A Texas school is using telehealth visits for students and faculty. Compton now has an iPad that connects her to a provider across the state. The virtual doctor or nurse practitioner can evaluate, diagnose and treat the student within minutes.
Telehealth is expected to surpass one billion visits in 2021, and here in New Hampshire Dartmouth Hitchcock has gone from eight telehealth visits per day before the pandemic, to 2,600 in April.
PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of their Family Matters public service campaign, Providence Health and Services shows us how most virtual appointments can work for the patient.
Massachusetts has a new telehealth law on the books, signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker as part of a comprehensive healthcare bill. The telehealth provisions constitute only a portion of the 70-page legislation, but represent the first major formalization of telehealth laws in Massachusetts.
A Northwest Indiana lawmaker is leading the effort to ensure expanded access to telehealth services remains available to Hoosiers long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over.