Connected Health

Its latest interoperability projects explore privacy-preserving applications that could improve the accuracy and scalability of individual access services under TEFCA and test FHIR-based capabilities.

One AI tool enables rapid assessment of coronary artery disease location and severity; another telehealth service focuses on improving cardiovascular health through nutrition.

With updated CMS billing codes and reimbursement eligibility, remote patient monitoring is fast becoming a standard of care for management of chronic conditions. A remote care CEO offers a closer look at one provider's positive outcomes.

A deep dive into where these technologies may be headed – and challenges healthcare organizations must overcome – from Michael Orlando, corporate and IP transactions attorney at Sheppard Mullin and a member of the firm's digital health team.

Telehealth and hospital-at-home coverage under Medicare flexibilities could end in days. An immediate temporary extension is the only viable vehicle to ensure they do not lapse, the American Telemedicine Association says.

The sprawling health system has a wide variety of virtual care wins, with accomplishments including some 2 million virtual visits annually – including a successful primary care program and more than 20,000 hospital-at-home patients.

Sonja Fulmer, who had been acting director of the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, is reported to be taking a lead policy role at the Minnesota health technology innovator.

Dr. Ty Gluckman, one of a team of hundreds of board-certified physicians who help with the evidence-based care standard of one vendor's clinical analytics system, offers some insights, as a practicing physician, into these IT imperatives.

Healthcare has too often been reactive. But a more forward-thinking approach, using tools and technologies for RPM, can help reduce readmissions, improve patient outcomes and enable success with value-based care models.

A five-year waiver extension would not only give more seniors access to the proven care delivery model, but would also enable continued progress toward permanent expansion, they tell lawmakers.