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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The PENTS will also help to improve infrastructure, interoperability and service availability and support legislation. million individual patients have received an e-prescription since the service was launched in 2016, most of them by SMS or e-mail,” she said. The education of healthcare professionals must include digital health.

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Intermountain Healthcare: Optimizing the Patient Experience Through Telehealth Interoperability

American Well

Intermountain Healthcare, a not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Utah, has built a robust virtual health program that includes Connect Care , its direct-to-consumer telehealth service and Connect Care Pro , its acute care program.

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Intermountain Healthcare: Optimizing the Provider Experience Through Telehealth Interoperability

American Well

In part one of our interview with Intermountain Healthcare, we discussed the health system’s approach to telehealth interoperability from the perspective of the patient. Did you launch Connect Care with any type of electronic medical record (EMR) integration in place?