Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...

Investigators say computer algorithms can be used to assess physical and vocal signs of myasthenia gravis (MG). A new report suggests computer algorithms can help clinicians more accurately evaluate ...

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Telehealth usage skyrocketed during the pandemic as people sought medical care at home and lawmakers made it easier for providers to offer virtual services. The federal government gave flexibilities ...

The 118th Congress and the Biden administration were hard at work in the last quarter to push their health technology policy priorities forward before their terms come to an end this December. Since ...

Recently published in Operational Research, the study found significant inefficiencies with telehealth in the Midwest and ...

Telehealth use climbed early in the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as rules on use for Medicare patients loosened. However, providers and patients now face a dilemma — some temporary telehealth ...

University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have received a $3.9 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Service Administration to launch a new center focused on improving ...

Following the telehealth boom initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies continue to contend with competing interests in the telehealth space. Current legislation on both state and federal levels ...

Telehealth will end on December 31 unless Congress takes urgent action to pass the Telehealth Moderniztion Act of 2024. Before COVID, Medicare provided limited coverage for telehealth and mainly ...

On October 18, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an update 1 containing two resource documents to help educate patients ...