Telehealth

It will initially provide remote heart failure and post-cardiac care.

Through robust use of telehealth, Catalight offers care to 99% of families within 10 days – roughly 80% faster than national norms. The customer satisfaction score is 4.34 out of 5. And there has been a 30% reduction in care costs.

For the first in a three-part series, the CIO of the New Jersey health system and its president of advanced care operations describe how something started by necessity during the pandemic quickly evolved into something more substantial and valuable.

It's been two weeks and counting with neither Medicare telehealth waivers nor any guarantee of retroactive reimbursement. That's unsettling for both clinicians and patients nationwide, says the American Telemedicine Association.

Remote patient monitoring that relies only on text messages could help drive engagement, compliance and outcomes at scale. And extend beyond biometrics to include data such as behavioral health concerns, post-discharge challenges and SDOH.

True digital health equity, according to Sam Shah, NEOM's director of health data, includes designing tools to help people in remote or conflict-affected areas transport medical records and get telehealth support.

Leader John Lee has announced cross-border data sharing, faster drug approvals, AI cancer screening, a new regulatory centre, and expanded telehealth.

DialCare cut provider time by approximately 75% for frequently prescribed medications, and overall it's reduced Rx processing from 30 minutes to two. Its admin teams are also able to address issues before patients hit snags at the pharmacy.

Access to timely and affordable virtual care is in jeopardy as the federal government goes dark without an extension for CMS telehealth flexibilities, which expired Sept. 30.

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