Telehealth

Samsung Healthcare Senior Manager Jerry Berger says the consumer electronics maker is looking to make a mark in healthcare by offering its mobile devices and Knox software platform as the powerhouse behind its partners' solutions.

TytoCare’s connected telehealth device can improve diagnostic accuracy, according to Director of Provider Solutions Shriya Palekar.

Poor networking was hindering growth at the health system. With new tech, the clinician satisfaction rate has soared to 95% and network uptime is up to 99%.

The use of mobile and IoT devices will bring better healthcare delivery to the edge of networks as 5G becomes more prolific in the coming years, says Cradlepoint CSO Todd Kelly.

Anton Arbatov, senior director SOC Telemed, says telehealth tools can enable faster access to care and help emergency clinicians make decisions at the bedside to reduce unnecessary admissions and length of stay, thereby saving money.

"Telemedicine optimizes our practice's capabilities, and also improves our patients' outcomes," said Dr. Robert S. Kaufmann of the internal med practice.

Brazil is facing many of the problems common in other countries, notably interoperability, privacy, infrastructure, a large population and the combination of private and public health, says E-VAL Saúde Director Luis Gustavo Kiatake.

Telehealth technology has helped the Friedwald Center reduce hospital transfers for falls by 90 percent, and transfers for dementia by 83 percent, among other quality improvements.

ACT Health is rolling out Wavelink’s Spectralink Versity enterprise mobility solution across five of its facilities, including Canberra Hospital.

Healthcare leader representatives from Singapore, Australia and the Philippines took centre stage as the HIMSS Singapore eHealth & Health 2.