Durham, North Carolina-based health data platform company Validic announced this week that it had acquired its partner Mountain View, California-based Infometers for an undisclosed sum. Validic’s CEO Ryan Beckland told …
Earlier this week Jonathan Linkous, the CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, proudly announced to the ATA membership that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had approved various …
The American Telemedicine Association, in a letter sent this week to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), outlines several recommendations to improve network adequacy of managed care plans via …
As patient interactions outside healthcare facilities grow, new technology-based surveillance tools are being used to target gaps in care. The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Outpatient Safety Net Program (OSNP), according …
While technology has reached a level where high-quality virtual consultations with physicians can take place, policy issues have slowed the expansion of telehealth practices in the U.S. Consulting with a …
At the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting in Baltimore in May, the buzz was about health systems increasingly incorporating virtual visits into their operations and how mobile technologies could play …
The American Telemedicine Association released draft Clinical Guidelines for Telepathology and is seeking public comments through June 20, 2014. Practice guidelines can serve as a useful reference point for the …
No sooner did Sylvia Matthews Burwell take over as Health and Human Services Secretary than a collection of telemedicine and mHealth associations asked her to eliminate some of the roadblocks …
