Connected Health

These virtual care providers can support hospitals through patient volume spikes and provide more flexibility for clinicians. One even supported a complex resuscitation in real time. A Missouri hospitalist lays out some of the many benefits.

Robert Capobianco, chief operating officer of NeuroFlow, discusses the rising demand for mental health services and the healthcare system’s limited capacity to meet it.

LTC telehealth must be tailored to the needs of vulnerable populations, says one chief medical officer, who explains some of the challenges of scaling it across a diverse network and the keys to improving patient outcomes with virtual care.

The Caliper FHIR Accelerator implementation community has been organized with multiple industry partners and collaborators to improve medical and personal health devices data exchange.

By moving chronic care management from occasional visits to daily RPM, the Michigan health system has significantly improved outcomes for diabetes, heart failure and hypertension patients. Its physician head of primary health describes those and other benefits.

After a successful launch in Colorado, the health system said it will add virtual care and digital features in stages across all of its locations, from major hospitals to small rural locations.

The tech giant introduced new AI-enabled healthcare updates to Search and Fitbit, including expanded tools to help patients collect and share information.

The public Queensland health service is integrating remote monitoring and clinical decision support capability, with initial application in post-acute care and chronic condition management.

Further, the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences has helped partner rural hospitals save an estimated $200,000 to $350,000 in recruitment costs while still ensuring patients receive timely, high-quality care locally.

The 24-state health system's integrated care model has achieved a 43% reduction in first-year RN voluntary turnover, a 21% decrease in emergency department hold hours and many other wins. Its virtual nursing transformation chief offers details.