Patient Engagement

 The relaxation of regulations around telemedicine has undoubtedly made it easier for patients to access virtual care – but has also presented new privacy risks.

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.

Neighborhood Family Practice has been reaching out virtually to its underserved patients for primary care, behavioral health, midwifery and more.

Walgreens, Costco, CVS and others said they would use existing IT systems to help customers track their vaccination dosage schedule.  

Across the healthcare spectrum, the implementation of the appropriate AI tech can add value to clinicians, administrative staff and of course, the 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.

The new programme will provide support for rare disease diagnosis across 45 GP surgeries in the UK. 

In lieu of permanent policy change, industry groups urged legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2021.

The rapid screening test has been developed by researchers at the University of Oxford.

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.