telehealth

The risk of death for mothers during pregnancy or in the year following childbirth is rising and experts say one of the contributing factors is lack of access to healthcare. Now, as part of an effort to address the trend, Florida lawmakers are looking into a plan to expand maternal telehealth.

A bill moving through the Florida legislature would let patients renew their medical marijuana certifications through a telehealth appointment. Another allows genetic counselors to practice telemedicine.

A bill is back that would enable Florida doctors to prescribe certain controlled substances via telehealth, and it's getting bipartisan support. Doctors use telehealth to deliver healthcare services remotely, through technology like the Zoom platform.

A proposal to keep many of the state’s pandemic-era telehealth practices in place is moving forward, but some say a few important provisions aren't including in the legislation.

The Florida Department of Education is making $2 million available to rural counties across the state to increase access to telehealth to provide mental-health services for schoolchildren.

Although the idea of telemedicine hasn't been quick to catch on in Florida, the spread of the coronavirus seems to be accelerating the concept. For years,…

The Florida Department of Health is now allowing medical marijuana patients to use telehealth to check in with their doctors. Dr. Mark Moore, a…

As part of a statewide campaign to increase access to mental health services, First Lady Casey DeSantis announced on Thursday that K-12 students in every…

K-12 students in six Northwest Florida counties will have access to mental health counselors at school via video-chat when they return from summer break…