Telehealth

A physician expert offers a look at the role virtual imaging can play in helping advance nuclear medicine expertise, driving progress in radiopharmaceuticals and enabling an expected surge in the medical isotope market driven by targeted cancer treatment.

Four telehealth experts discuss the roles of AI, collaboration, hybrid care, regulation and more as presented at this week's American Telemedicine Association annual conference.

Also, Mater has added more specialties to its eConsultant service.

Nurse groups are focused on fixing what they say are untenable nurse-to-patient ratios. As legislation mandating staff ratios looms, AI and virtual care may offer a way forward.

The promise of telehealth has not been fully realized in populations with great health inequities, a new study shows, with the same factors that lead to poor health and poor access contributing to low use of digital health services.

Internal sponsors have been hugely helpful in encouraging their peers to adopt telehealth and RPM at Providence, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, the health system's chief of virtual care and digital health, and a HIMSS24 Changemaker.  

A new study in JAMA Network Open from MedStar Health shows how the increased integration of virtual care models is exacerbating the electronic health record documentation burden for clinicians.

By using artificial intelligence to analyze patient data and provide targeted recommendations, health systems can build a more intuitive, user-friendly experience that empowers patients to make informed decisions about their care, one expert says.