Telehealth
Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), says the future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree.
The EMS system supports real-time data transfer and two-way communication to empower clinical decision making on the move. The AI capabilities will provide “transformative change,” an exec says.
Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, head of clinical standards and guidelines at the Dubai Health Authority, says that the drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience.
The advanced cellular networking capabilities will enable the delivery of telesurgery services to veterans, allowing physicians to consult during surgery evan across the country, said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.
Dr. Ahmed Safwat Mitwalli Elassal, board member with the Egyptian General Authority of Healthcare, says Egypt is well-placed to deploy best practice technology solutions across Africa.
Its new report on emerging technologies sees appetite and aptitude growing for telehealth and virtual visits, remote patient monitoring, clinical decision support and more.
The guide from CCHP aims to help providers navigate the process of billing CMS for remote patient monitoring, real-time and asynchronous virtual visits and mobile health services.
800 of Dr. Scott Jensen’s patients have thus far opted for virtual visits in rural Arizona. The telehealth tech has an easy ROI, he says, and boosts patient satisfaction.
Asynchronous virtual visits are helping reduce the burdens on primary care providers at Prisma Health – while also enabling easier access, convenience and speed to care for patients.
Dr. Ramadan AlBlooshi, chief regulatory officer at the Dubai Healthcare City Authority in the UAE, says the treatment, prescription and follow-up process needs to improve for telemedicine to be seen as a success, as "telewellness" will have a major impact.