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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this?

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." This involved the use of both synchronous and asynchronous telehealth services in order to assess and treat our patients in a remote setting." " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. " Collaborative IT.

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RPM reduces 30-day readmission rates by 50% at Lee Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected care at-home technologies enable behavior change and empower individuals and clinicians to make informed decisions about healthcare treatment. By using them, providers can enhance patient engagement, allowing for personalized and proactive care management that drives better health outcomes and better care experiences.

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VillageMD Acquires Summit Health-CityMD, Creating one of the Largest Independent Provider Groups in the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

With Investments from WBA and Evernorth, the Combined Company Will Deliver a Unique and Comprehensive Patient Experience for Optimal Individual and Community Outcomes. VillageMD announced today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Summit Health-CityMD , a leading provider of primary, specialty and urgent care.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

RPM technology can empower patients with more information about their own health and give them more access to communication with their provider – but if it is a burden for patients to use, it ultimately is not helpful to them. Kimberly O’Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer at HRS The time has come for remote patient monitoring.

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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Health Populi

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hamilton at AllianceChicago says the global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted expectations regarding the approach and process health IT professionals follow to identify, select and deploy healthcare information technology tools. " Andrew Hamilton, RN, AllianceChicago. Making the right investments for everything.