telehealth

The Teladoc Global Care service supports remote care in more than 20 languages.

The company has partnered with hospitals, medical systems, and industry associations to help doctors connect virtually to their own patients.

Virtual telephone or video care will be available at no cost, with some offers lasting for several weeks. 

New HIMSS Media research spotlights what innovations are needed most, top areas hospitals are prioritizing and sticking points to avoid.

This week virtual care provider Teladoc Health was busy, releasing news about a new product launch and a separate good will initiative.

SOC Telemed (formerly Specialists on Call) announced yesterday that it has acquired behavioral health telemedicine company JSA Health, and will be adding JSA Health’s services to its acute telemedicine platform.

Bankrupting docs? Patient booking platform Zocdoc is putting providers in a sticky situation, CNBC reports.

Through a partnership with Teladoc, CVS’ MinuteClinic announced today that it has launched a 24-7 telehealth offering available through an app for consumers’ smartphones.

The personal data of 2,373,764 patients was left exposed online after Hova Health, a telemedicine company based in Mexico, misconfigured a MongoDB database.

Telemedicine may help practitioners better reach their patients, but the convenience could come at a cost for the provider.