The telemedicine industry is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of 21.4 percent through 2031, reaching a value of more than $435 billion, according to market analysis published May 10 in Digital Journal.
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HHS published a fact sheet on changes to telehealth policies following the expiration of the national public health emergency May 11.
Health technology company Abridge has partnered with the University of Kansas Health System to rollout its artificial intelligence-powered medical documentation technology to the Kansas City, Kan.-based health system's more than 140 locations.
The Biden administration is looking to require patients to go through an in-person examination before being prescribed most medications by their physician, according to a Feb. 25 report from CNN.
Pediatric emergency room patients who had a telemedicine consult with a specialist were less likely to be transferred to another hospital, a study published Feb. 13 in JAMA Network Open found.
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Michigan physician Sangita Patel, MD, has been named in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan concerning Medicare fraud, according to a Feb. 8 report from the Oakland Press.
Bryan Becker, MD, will serve as national medical director of the Texas region for VillageMD, a healthcare services company with 680 practice locations across 26 markets.
Toby Cosgrove, MD, and David Lubarsky, MD, will serve as strategic advisers for Memora Health, a virtual healthcare management company.
Xiaoyan Wang, PhD, has been named chief scientific officer of Melax Tech, a biomedical data technology company based in Houston.
Hicuity Health, a provider-to-provider telemedicine services innovator, has added Young Ahn, MD, as its chief medical officer. Dr. Ahn is an anesthesiology and critical care specialist.