Connected Health

Some of the hurdles around vaccine distribution could be addressed with high-tech solutions, particularly where environmental management is concerned.

From interoperability to social determinants of health, to patient engagement and experience, the interviews and topical deep-dives of our multimedia features gained a wide audience this year.

Researchers in a New England Journal of Medicine report found that Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia as did white ones.

At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.

From their EHR workflows, clinicians will have a centralized system enabling them to order and prescribe apps, devices or other digital therapeutic tools for virtual care management.