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Health industry executives are welcoming Mehmet Oz’s embrace of telehealth to aid struggling rural hospitals, but say it may ...

Monitoring equipment patients use at home has shown specific improvements in the management of hypertension, congestive heart ...

Health systems have reworked operations to accommodate more telehealth patients, even as they forge ahead with outpatient and ...

Despite federal efforts to expand broadband and boost rural healthcare, more than 200 counties still lack reliable internet ...

The need for in-home care in rural areas has increased rapidly, coinciding with the aging of the Baby Boom generation, which is driving industry growth.

The future of telehealth is trust, combined with patient education. As the market matures, all parties — providers, ...

Advocates say school-based telehealth care reduces absenteeism, ensures students receive routine care, and can even boost ...

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center enhances rural health care access via telemedicine and workforce development ...

Rural providers have used federal grant funding to set up virtual obstetric networks and hire community health workers.

Merit Network is proud to announce it has received a $831,865 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the ...