Women In Health IT

The government grant will help strengthen Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation’s resources with more laptops, mobile devices and remote patient monitoring strategies so doctors can monitor patients from anywhere.

The Bluetooth-enabled case has sensors that detect when users take their daily pill, triggering customized phone alerts.

That was just one discovery made by MEBS Counseling when COVID-19 accelerated its plans to add telemedicine. Today it’s seeing close to its normal volume of patients with telehealth alone.

Healthcare IT News spoke to nursing and informatics experts to find out how exactly nurses and midwives have led the digital transition.  

Fran Ayalasomayajula, founder and president of Reach, wants to get a connected blood pressure monitor into the hands of every patient in their third trimester of pregnancy.

And Rush University Medical Center’s digital tools reduced the strain of avoidable readmissions and ED recidivism when resources already were at capacity.

Michigan’s McLaren Health Care’s telehealth sites have jumped from 40 to 275 during the pandemic. It has used FCC award funds to expand its telemedicine offerings.

The Institute for Family Health was mostly using telephone consults during COVID-19’s peak in New York. Now it’s going on a tech shopping spree to better care for patients – and boost revenue.