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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Even if the home can't be the hospital, community spaces and retail locations can fill in as connected care stations for underserved communities or patients [who] don't have an ideal setup at home. With telehealth and remote patient monitoring comes the need for interoperability and security.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

For example, a provider can use RPM to better manage the care of a patient with kidney issues or diabetes, receiving more regular updates on important activities or vital signs to diagnose and treat emergent or changing conditions much more quickly.

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HIMSS21 tech news: Salesforce Health Cloud innovations; Vivify telehealth scheduling

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"These new care from anywhere innovations ensure that we continue this digital transformation in healthcare and empower providers, payers, care coordinators and pharmaceutical companies to deliver care for patients wherever they are," he added. Vivify Health's remote care enhancements.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The result is that clinicians have their patient’s complete history and can make evidence-based care decisions no matter where the patient is located. Since the data is integrated with the EHR using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) protocols, the provider also receives the data in a way that is usable and actionable.