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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. People at Philips are going out of their way to make it happen,” noting “extraordinary efforts” and teams mobilizing in the pandemic to meet the moment. What a difference 90 days makes.

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Leveraging the power of digital transformation to enhance patient care and healthcare providers’ performance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clínica Alemana Osorno, located in southern Chile, has introduced digital communication workflows that leverage connected care. Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities.

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PatientPoint Acquires Rendia to Accelerate Expansion into Ophthalmology Specialty

Healthcare IT Today

With PatientPoint’s expansion into ophthalmology and optometry, PatientPoint’s industry-leading, tech-enabled point-of-care network now engages healthcare providers and patients across 20 medical specialties. PatientPoint ® is the patient engagement platform for every point of care. ” About PatientPoint.

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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual care simply makes it more convenient for patients to connect with their primary care doctor to get personalized, professional medical care. Virtual care creates a multimodal "front door" to healthcare.

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Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

Rather, it is a convoluted assemblage of disconnected and decentralized sectors that struggle to provide a streamlined, coordinated, and connected care experience for all stakeholders. It sounds simple enough, but many health systems struggle to achieve this level of operational intelligence, hybrid care, and access.

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Sheeza Hussain joins SteadyMD as Chief Growth Officer

SteadyMD

Prior to joining SteadyMD, Sheeza served as Chief Commercial Officer for a health tech organization focused on delivering personalized, predictive virtual care solutions. As the demand for telemedicine continues to grow, SteadyMD is well-positioned to meet the needs of patients and providers alike.

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The three challenges facing the NHS

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Digital technology is the conduit to equal and equitable access to care. Get that right and we can ensure that the NHS is meeting the needs of all the population and not just those who are equipped to navigate the healthcare system. . The NHS was set up to provide high quality care for patients, free at the point of need.