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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, some forms of technology – particularly those that support telehealth services – are in hot demand as they prove their worth during the national pandemic, say experts who assess information technology adoption by the nation's healthcare providers.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The platform uses clinical care paths, adaptive education, personalized goal setting and virtual physical therapy to drive a smooth and efficient recuperation," Lovewell explained. As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. This is increasingly likely as a form of 24x7 remote care. or Addison Care from Electronic Caregiver. The PERS market size presents a sizable and undefined caregiving variable.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The CAM Patch can serve as a remote patient monitoring system during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vendor said. Current Health is leveraging this data to better understand how the coronavirus presents and evolves across diverse populations via a partnership with the Mayo Clinic.

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A hospital without patients

Henry Kotula

Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. Mercy Virtual is arguably the world’s most advanced example of something gaining momentum in the health care world: A virtual hospital, where specialists remotely care for patients at a distance.

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