Telehealth

It is targeted to run virtual wards four years ahead of its completion by 2030.

Optum leaders reportedly shared internally that the company would shutter its sizable telehealth business. Parent company UnitedHealth Group said that it would continue to offer telemedicine and remote care options.

The goal is to help ensure patient safety in telemedicine, and to help healthcare organizations standardize approaches to virtual care with an eye toward quality improvement and patient outcomes that are "consistent with traditional settings."

Only 0.6% of remote encounters managed by the health system's remote patient monitoring vendor's caregivers escalate to Providence clinicians. Hypertension RPM patients saw a 12.55% reduction in systolic blood pressure by week 12.

If the CPT Editorial Panel approves new changes and Medicare and private payers follow suit, providers that expand their remote patient monitoring programs to fit the new codes will gain the most benefits for their patients and clinics.

Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care.