Telehealth

The result the health system's virtual care chief is proudest of: reducing the referral queue from 19,000 patients to 3,000. "That is astounding," he says.

Also: partnership news from Uberdoc and Nest Collaborative and layoffs at Verily and Carbon Health.

It has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers.

The government relations team at HIMSS offers some insights on what's next for telehealth, broadband expansion, interoperability rules and more in the year ahead.

A telehealth and remote patient monitoring expert points to ongoing momentum, market positioning and specialty care as keys moving forward.

The agency says bad actors are sending infected files disguised to look like medical documents and requesting medical appointments. Telemedicine increases the likelihood that malicious images and information would be reviewed ahead of telehealth visits. 

The provider of mental health and substance use disorder care is now fully equipped, and boasts high patient satisfaction.