Zipnosis, a virtual care company, has released Surgical Care, an expansion to its telehealth platform that allows post-operative patients to receive care at home. The Surgical Care platform is an expansion to the company's current focus of urgent care.

Telehealth has allowed patients to become more involved in their own care. It has also made them more influential consumers of healthcare. But such disruptions in medicine often face difficult regulatory hurdles.

What impact could telehealth have on overall spending? In an "Ideas and Opinions piece" published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, experts examine the growing interest in telehealth and outline the possible implications regarding overall spending.

The utilization of telehealth by older patients is linked to perceived privacy and security, performance and effort expectancy, according to a study published April 4 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has announced a partnership with Zipnosis, providers of virtual care technology, to provide AAFP’s 129,000 members and their patients with a comprehensive virtual care platform.

Royal Philips has announced that Northwell Health, New York State’s largest healthcare provider, has improved clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction by utilizing its IT strategy, the Philips Virtual Hospital Service with eICU technology and a Telestroke program.

Teladoc, a provider of virtual care delivery services, has announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft to advance telehealth capabilities.

Avera Health, a rural health system in South Dakota, has achieved $62 million in healthcare savings by working with the Philips eICU program.