American Telemedicine Association

Nearly 90% of people managing chronic conditions in the U.

CHC Program Chair Dr. Joseph Kvedar says the event will focus on technology coming in the next 18 to 24 months.

Go to any healthcare conference and a speaker is bound to mention a new use of artificial intelligence.

Ann Mond Johnson will be taking over as CEO of the the American Telemedicine Association in early March, according to a statement released last week.

There's been a cluster of important telemedicine news in the past few days: the AMA is developing ethical guidelines for remote visits, a majority of states now have telemedicine parity laws in place, and details about Teladoc's business came to light through an SEC filing related to its hoped-for IPO.

This week the American Telemedicine Association's annual event is taking place in Los Angeles and apart from the important pair of policy-focused reports the ATA published (more on that below), the other news coming out of the event so far is that American Well has expanded its scope and is now working to convince physicians to use its platform to connect with their existing patients.

The American Telemedicine Association today rolled out a new service for accrediting live, direct-to-consumer telemedicine services.

Jonathan Jagoda presented the compact at ATA 2014 in Baltimore in May.

Teladoc was one of the many signatories on one of the letters recently sent to incoming HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell.