Patient Engagement
A new survey from CynergisTek finds widespread acceptance and use of virtual care among patients – but also shows that many would lose their enthusiasm if data breaches became common.
Judge Frederic Block issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from reversing an Obama-era expansion of antidiscrimination rules in healthcare.
Altibbi will provide the Arabic-language consultations for a month, allowing anyone who needs medical assistance to connect directly with doctors via audio calls and online chats.
More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider.
Fran Ayalasomayajula, founder and president of Reach, wants to get a connected blood pressure monitor into the hands of every patient in their third trimester of pregnancy.
And Rush University Medical Center’s digital tools reduced the strain of avoidable readmissions and ED recidivism when resources already were at capacity.
The project, launched by AVIA and former CMS chief Andy Slavitt, is focused first on examining where evidence-based care models can intersect with digital solutions.
Within just days of the COVID-19 state of emergency declaration, New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center transformed 95% of its care to telemedicine.
Health and care have been inexorably moving toward a new paradigm – one where the nature of the interactions is more personalised and they require the person to be more active in their pursuit of reducing risks that have an adverse effect upon the development of non-communicable diseases, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS.
Expert panelists from the federal government, the American Telemedicine Association and other stakeholder groups weighed in at the ONC Tech Forum on Tuesday about what's around the corner for virtual care.