Independent physician groups, which include telehealth docs, must now accept a rate that someone else has negotiated, expert says. 

CB Insights' State of Digital Health 2021 Report also found 574 M&A deals, up 44% from 2020.

A JAMA study found consumers are more willing to share step count data than other types of information. 

Swiftarc Telehealth will initially focus on obesity, mental and behavioral health, and pediatric care.

Island Hospital, in Anacortes, Wash., planned to upgrade its aging phone system in 2019. The hospital provides healthcare in a rural, seaside area in northwest Washington state and recognized the need to improve its telecommunications system to better serve its community. “Our population is older,” says Network Engineer Shane Taylor. “They tend to want to use the phone to talk...