Telemedicine is growing at a rapid pace fueled by faster Internet connections, the ubiquity of smartphones and personal devices, and new software platforms that connect patients with providers more ...

UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Associate Professor Anish Patel, M.D., recently sat down with UAB MedCast podcast to talk about the ...

Only 11 percent of hospitals and 8 percent of practices said they are looking to expand their telehealth offerings in 2023, according to a Dec. 14 telehealth report from national healthcare ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of healthcare offices and led many patients to avoid in-person care. New evidence shows that telemedicine provided a critical bridge to treatment for many in ...

Many physicians and patients turned to telehealth when the pandemic hit. A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health shows a third of all Minnesotans had at least one telehealth visit between ...

Cancer care can vary significantly from hospital to hospital, especially for patients considering clinical trials. The quest for the best care for a specific cancer diagnosis could even involve ...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded telehealth coverage to patients across the country, and new data published in Health Affairs shows ...

It takes my brother four hours to get to an in-person doctor’s appointment. He has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is in a wheelchair, and uses a feeding tube to eat and a ventilator to breathe. To get ...

Environmental benefits of telemedicine: The study found that swapping in-person doctors’ visits for virtual ones can reduce carbon emissions. National survey analysis: The researchers analyzed data ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, telehealth use among U.S. office-based doctors shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic, rising from just 15.4% in 2019 to 86.5% by 2021. What ...

Ajay Prasad is the CEO of GMR Web Team, a full-service healthcare digital marketing agency focused on patient acquisition and retention. The rise of telehealth in the U.S. healthcare landscape has ...