Patient Engagement

The IT specialist will focus on enabling digital technology integrations in the hospital.

Analyst John Gordon sheds some light on a new study examining virtual care use among Medicare beneficiaries from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021.

From registration to imaging, smart hospitals deploy AI, IoT, 5G networks, and other technologies from edge to cloud for improved connectivity and secure data sharing to deliver better patient experiences, streamline workflows, and reduce costs.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits, demonstrating the need for and impact of the program.

Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation leader at Teladoc Health.

Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. New advances in cloud and telehealth/remote monitoring are forcing the issue.