According to the Boston Globe, plaintiff Stephen Zappala, MD, said the pressure went as far as Steward representatives calling his patients and telling them their operations had to be performed at Steward-owned facilities even if Zappala had referred them elsewhere.

Doctor On Demand, a national healthcare service delivered through telehealth technology, has passed one million video visits.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has selected SnapMD as its provider of telehealth technology.

Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and tested an algorithm within a mobile app capable of acting as an electrocardiogram (ECG) R peak detector for arrhythmogenic events.

SnapMD, a provider of telehealth software, has announced new functionalities within its Patient Presenter Workflow within Virtual Care Management (VCM) telehealth platform.

Approximately 29.3 million Americans were uninsured in 2017—a slight but insignificant increase from the year before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the uninsured rate did rise among states which rejected the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Researchers at the North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a technology capable of decoding neuromuscular signals to improve the control of powered prosthetic wrists and hands.

A poll conducted by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) found most medical practice professionals aren’t aware of the direct primary care (DPC) model where patients pay a flat fee in exchange for easier access to their primary care doctor.