Telehealth

As hospitals seek to care for patients beyond their walls, they’ll need systems that will extend care to new settings.

As hospitals seek to care for patients beyond their walls, they’ll need systems that will extend care to new settings.

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.

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.

Virtual medical care can help with chronic conditions and reduce employee sick days but employers need to educate workers.

Virtual medical care can help with chronic conditions and reduce employee sick days but employers and advisers need to educate workers.

Fully insured members of the New England insurer now have access to the cognitive behavioral therapy service.

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.

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.

The virtual healthcare provider is also extending employee access to its telerehab program to 11 additional states.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

Much like stop-loss coverage, advisers can use telehealth services to help clients make the leap to becoming self-insured.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association partnered with Teladoc to reach as many rural members as possible and increase healthcare engagement.

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.

The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.

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.