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VA, American Well team to bring in-home telehealth to veterans
Boston-based Doc-on-demand provider American Well just snagged a contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the company announced last week. The VA, despite a half-decade of telemedicine
Doc-on-demand telehealth gives rural patients easier access to care
Doc-on-demand online physician services continue to grow apace, and not just with individual patients. Patient Advocates, a company that helps patients navigate the healthcare system in the state of
Rite Aid pushes for telemedicine with video consults
Hospital executives and physicians beware: you soon may be splitting business with your friendly neighborhood drug store. National pharmacy chain Rite Aid is testing out telehealth services at its
Hospital's primary care visits go fully online
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center has taken the doc-on-demand concept to the next level, putting its entire primary-care practice online in a service called MSM Online Care. The Lewiston,
American Well pushes web-based telehealth to doctors
Making the leap beyond its largely payer audience thus far, telehealth vendor American Well just debuted its second-generation product, Online Care for Providers, aimed at physician practices. The
Virtual doctor visits widen access, but still draw controversy
Fans of mobile healthcare and telemedicine know what the bloviators in Washington seem to be ignoring in this folly of a healthcare debate that's kept the nation so rapt for months: you can expand
From Hawaii to New York, online consultation slowly takes off
Hawaii Medical Service Association has been offering $10 online consultations with doctors for its members since early this year. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is piloting a similar program
Trend: Health plans expanding online physician connection options
For a while, e-visits between physicians were little more than an intriguing idea. Aside from a few pioneering doctors who set up web-based e-visit technology on their own, few doctors had given the
Patient teleconsults become more common
In recent times, FierceHealthIT readers have learned about a wide range of telemedicine options that have been emerging, ranging from remote monitoring of patients in their homes to telemedical
