Telehealth

Microsoft, Google, the Santa Clara County Independent Physician Association, UCSF Health, Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association are partnering with the company to put clinically managed artificial intelligence providers in patient homes.

A telehealth expert offers a look at the year ahead, where he also sees more growth in virtual chronic care management and employer-based care.

Done right, more widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring will offer breakthrough innovations where healthcare delivery can be improved, clinician workloads can be right-sized and better patient outcomes can be achieved, an expert says.

With telemedicine, the time for patients coming out of the ER or a convenience clinic to see a primary care provider has gone from weeks to 24-72 hours. And virtual care has helped the health system achieve a 72% completion rate of Medicare annual wellness visits.

Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.

Two investment bankers discuss the players in the telehealth sector, the main financial backers, the dynamics between venture capital and private equity, and more.

Also, two hospitals under SingHealth have started adopting Lunit's AI chest X-ray solution.

Now that telemedicine is mainstream, artificial intelligence is helping healthcare providers with imperatives such as patient triage. Early results are promising.