Telehealth was supposed to widen access. For patients who do not speak English, it narrowed access.
An analysis of California Health Interview Survey data published in Health Affairs found that patients with limited English proficiency used telehealth at a rate of 4.8 percent, against 12.3 percent among proficient English speakers, roughly half the odds even after adjusting for other sociodemographic factors.
A systematic review by researchers at the University of North Carolina's
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Teladoc Health Unveils SoloVitals and SoloScribe: AI-Powered Contactless Biometrics and Enterprise Documentation
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Enterprise virtual care leader Teladoc Health launches two native AI-powered capabilities integrated directly into its enterprise smart care platform, Solo: SoloVitals and SoloScribe.Directly targets acute hospital "point-solution fatigue," allowing health systems to scale remote physiological tracking and ambient documentation without procuring, integrating, or managing disparate third-party software vendors
Key Capabilities: SoloVitals and SoloScribe
Rather than
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ATA Action Launches Cross-State Care Coalition to Advance Bipartisan Federal Telehealth Licensure Reform
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ATA Action—the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA)—launched the Cross-State Care Coalition, uniting health systems, digital health platforms, and clinical innovators to advance bipartisan federal legislation modernizing clinician licensure across state lines.The coalition is co-chaired by Johns Hopkins Medicine and ATA Action, building upon policy foundations established under the Licensure Innovation for Telehealth Transformation (LIFTT)
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Trump Administration Deploys $93.3M to Scale Surgical Robotics and Telehealth Across Georgia Rural Hospitals
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The Trump Administration announced a $93.3M federal investment under the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to expand telehealth, surgical robotics, and modern care models across rural Georgia.Completes Georgia’s $218+ million Year-1 funding commitment under the broader $50 billion federal RHTP framework established by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.Prepares 87 rural Georgia hospitals to transition toward value-based and total cost of care payment models by
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Therapeutic VR Is Reaching Clinical Care. It Needs a Safety Ledger
As of 2026, Medical Extended Reality (MXR) has transitioned from experimental pilot phases to an integrated component of the regulated medical device landscape. It is already part of the regulated medical device landscape in the United States, and the FDA now maintains a public list of AR and VR devices authorized for marketing. Some of those products are procedural or surgical, but others are clearly therapeutic, which means immersive care has moved beyond theory and into real clinical
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Radiology Partners to Acquire Everlight Radiology, Creating a Global Leader in Teleradiology
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Radiology Partners, Inc. (RP) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Everlight Radiology, a major international teleradiology provider serving hospitals and imaging centers across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.The transaction unifies Everlight’s global network with RP Clinical Services’ vRad (Virtual Radiologic) division—the largest teleradiology practice in the United States—forming an international clinical teleradiology
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Why Primary Care First Visits Must Function Like Follow-Ups
Of the roughly 30 million GP appointments recorded each month across England, most begin the same way: a patient describes what is wrong, the doctor listens, and the clinical picture gradually assembles itself over the first several minutes of a consultation that, on average, runs to under 11. Research published in the British Journal of General Practice has shown that the clinical tasks a GP is expected to complete in a standard appointment routinely take longer than the appointment allows. The
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CMS’ Proposed Changes to Remote Monitoring Could Reshape Digital Healthcare Delivery
Over the past decade, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) have transformed from emerging technologies into integral components of chronic disease management. Fueled by advances in connected medical devices, wearable sensors, digital therapeutics, artificial intelligence (AI), and virtual care platforms, remote monitoring has expanded providers' ability to manage patients beyond the traditional clinical setting while supporting earlier intervention and improved
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Wellinks Raises $10M to Scale Predictive Cardiopulmonary Remote Patient Monitoring
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New Haven-based cardiopulmonary digital health provider Wellinks closed a $10M first tranche of its Series B funding round.The financing was led by strategic partner UMass Memorial Health alongside participation from existing inside investors.Wellinks' FDA-cleared Spire Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) System and proprietary Health Tags deliver passive, continuous physiological tracking to predict clinical deterioration up to one week before symptom onset.Clinical evidence
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M&A: VSee Health to Acquire $35M Healthcare Commerce Platform
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VSee Health, Inc. signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire healthcare technology and operating assets valued at approximately $42 million.The target assets support an integrated healthcare commerce platform serving the U.S. clinic-based wellness market, generating an unaudited annual revenue run rate over $35 million and approximately $7 million in EBITDA.Operating via an asset-light framework, the platform coordinates cloud-based ordering, payment
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