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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Prior to the pandemic, telehealth wasn't really taking off all that much; it was kind of a very long, slow growth without a high level of adoption," said Fisne of Geisinger. In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better."

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Veterans Affairs says it's collaborating with Apple to boost the availability of telehealth services for veterans across the U.S. The program connects qualifying veterans with iPads, helping 50,000 of them more easily take part in telehealth services and access other VA virtual healthcare services.

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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. Virtual care empowers clinicians with the tools and processes they need to deliver primary care at scale.

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Health providers rediscover the hidden asset of telemedicine for care management

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The partly automatised, but highly personalised care continuum. According to the recently published HIMSS e-Health Trendbarometer: Telehealth Adoption in Europe , before the COVID-19 outbreak, seven out of ten health providers targeted chronic patients when implementing telehealth services or solutions.

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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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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. But the tagline begs the supply side question: “Can the health care system deliver?” That’s the consumer-demand side of the equation.

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Enabling the Future of Patient-Driven Health

Clear Arch Health

“At the end of the day, if we give patients the tools. View this telehealth informational whitepaper to understand the way healthcare technology, and its infrastructure, have shifted to support the connected care initiatives of health-related businesses today, with a particular emphasis on remote healthcare.