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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. We had to reinvent how to engage, monitor, and treat” patients with new approaches both in and outside the acute care setting. What a difference 90 days makes.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The new iPad initiative has its roots in the VA's Connected Tablet program , which launched in 2016 and, research shows, has created a more satisfying patient experience and made veterans less likely to miss appointments. Dr. Neil C. "In FY19, VA provided more than 2.6 ON THE RECORD.

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Carbon Health Secures Series D Investment to Drive Primary and Urgent Care Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

Carbon Health , a hybrid healthcare company that combines expert care with proprietary technology for easy everyday health, announced today that it has received $100 million from CVS Health Ventures, CVS Health’s corporate venture capital platform, as part of an initial close of its Series D round.

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“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023

Health Populi

We can expect increasing investments in surgery centers, emergency care outside of the traditional ER, patient education focused on health literacy, acute care at home (the hospital-at-home migration, continuing), more virtual critical care and e-ICUs, mental health, and nutrition.

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The three challenges facing the NHS

Digital Leaders HealthTech

We have supported Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust – a provider of community health, mental health and learning disability services across Hampshire – to offer safe and secure video appointments giving choice and flexibility to its vulnerable patients and those with physical or mental health challenges. .

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How Digital Health Can Transform Cardiology

Xealth

Paige Stocks, Director, Partnerships Digital health and DTx solutions pave the way for better patient experiences and outcomes. One of the areas where I consistently hear complaints about underutilization of digital health tools is for cardiology. One out of four cardiologists reports having mental health conditions.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

By saving time, telehealth allows the doctor to fit more patients into the week.Several respondents said that televisits would bring more people into the health care system, especially mental health patients. As Hartsfield says, “Patient engagement strategies have never been more critical.”