Here’s how to make telemedicine work
Benefits professionals need to educate employees on the benefits of mobile healthcare to increase utilization — and reduce their healthcare costs in the process.
Telehealth
6 factors that will propel the use of telehealth
As hospitals seek to care for patients beyond their walls, they’ll need systems that will extend care to new settings.
6 factors that will propel the use of telehealth
As hospitals seek to care for patients beyond their walls, they’ll need systems that will extend care to new settings.
Employers, insurers work to knock down barriers to telemedicine
Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.
Employers, insurers work to knock down barriers to telemedicine
Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.
Although widely deployed, employees slow to use telemedicine
Virtual medical care can help with chronic conditions and reduce employee sick days but employers need to educate workers.
Although widely deployed, employees slow to use telemedicine
Virtual medical care can help with chronic conditions and reduce employee sick days but employers and advisers need to educate workers.
Harvard Pilgrim adds mental health telehealth offering
Fully insured members of the New England insurer now have access to the cognitive behavioral therapy service.
Harvard Pilgrim adds mental health telehealth offering
Fully insured members of the New England insurer now have access to the cognitive behavioral therapy service.
Alvin Healthcare-Tango Card partner to reward telehealth visits
The prepaid card that unlocks access to Teladoc specialists and nurses is seen as talent-management tool and latest in a series of partnerships and acquisitions to raise telemedicine’s profile.
U.S. hospitals shut at 30-a-year pace, with no end in sight
Patients far from major cities may be left with fewer hospital choices as insurers push them toward online providers like Teladoc and clinics such as CVS Health's MinuteClinic.
Concentra expands telemedicine program
The virtual healthcare provider is also extending employee access to its telerehab program to 11 additional states.
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
Benefits Think Why virtual care is an essential part of self-funding
Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.
Kelly Bliss
Teladoc
Benefits Think Why virtual care is an essential part of self-funding
Much like stop-loss coverage, advisers can use telehealth services to help clients make the leap to becoming self-insured.
Kelly Bliss
Teladoc
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
E-health partnership eases some healthcare burdens for one employer
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association partnered with Teladoc to reach as many rural members as possible and increase healthcare engagement.
CVS e-prescription program aims to help employees pay less for medications
By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.
Benefits Think 3 reasons to offer telehealth benefits
The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.
Sally Poblete
Wellthie