Telehealth may have succeeded in capturing the imagination of the healthcare industry here in the U.S.--spawning a host of partnership efforts, joint ventures and other initiatives in recent months--but across the pond, lingering questions about the technology's cost effectiveness have given rise to an identifiable chasm between the early adoption and wider uptake of technologies. Read »

Healthcare organizations can expect to be hearing from San Antonio, Texas-based AirStrip Technologies, now that the developer of virtual real-time remote patient monitoring technology has received FDA clearance to market its mobile medical software applications, including AirStrip RPM, AirStrip RPM Critical Care and AirStrip RPM Cardiology. Read »

Now that all eight of Lincoln, Nebraska’s Fire and Rescue ambulances are equipped with wireless technologies, local physicians are much better prepared to receive heart attack patients. Read »

Veterans and people living in rural America are making the case for telehealth, as more and more hospitals come to view this technology as the pathway to accessibility that eventually will join the swelling ranks of patients with the shrinking supply of doctors and other qualified medical professionals. Read »

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based MedApps expects to see a spike in sales for its wireless remote patient monitoring system, thanks to a new reseller partnership with New York-based CMS Telehealth, a company that connects care providers and patients for better post-discharge and chronic condition management. Read »

Telehealth is playing an increasingly significant role in chronic disease management as health care providers look to implement technologies that enable remote patient monitoring, cutting costs and improving patient care in the process. A good example is Chicago-based Health Resource Solutions, a home health and rehabilitation care company that recently installed ExpressMD Solutions’ Electronic House Call as its next-generation remote patient monitoring platform. Read »

Nyack Hospital in New York is evaluating the use of a telemonitoring system called eMedoline, which leverages RFID smart labels to monitor medication adherence in discharged heart failure patients. Read »

As I wrote back in March, it's a good time to be researching the mobile health IT space. But it's a particularly good time to be actively addressing chronic disease management with mobile point of care technologies, since most of the predictions made by early entrants to the field appear to be panning out. Read »

Sure, RPM technologies have been demonstrated effective in helping to manage chronic disease, post-acute care and monitoring the safety of older adults. But a new report issued by the Center for Technology and Aging claims the savings to be had from RPM's widespread implementation across the U.S. health care system could near $200 billion over the next 25 years. Read »

An expanded partnership effort between Brookfield, Wis.-based Honeywell HomMed and French mHealth solutions vendor eDevice could increase the benefits of telehealth monitoring for patients and healthcare providers by delivering greater access to health information utilizing existing network coverage at the patient's location. Read »