Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. I asked myself, then went to my Oracle of Telehealth: Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of ATA (once named the American Telemedicine Association).

Telehealth 292

Telehealth Medicare Telemedicine Public Health 292

Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 15, 2019

. “We wanted to help our patients navigate their oncology journey, figure out their new normal and participate in their care” “A few years ago, we successfully used a patient engagement care tool with our palliative patients. How does TapCloud support the oncology patient? What is the patient experience?

Patient Experience 53

Patient Experience Nursing Pain management Digital Health 53

Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2019

Whether a menu of care options including virtual health to access specialists across the U.S., post-hospital virtual visits, or hospital care at-home, a majority of Americans supports a new era of care delivery, as PwC coins the broad landscape of telehealth. I discussed this digital health supply/demand gap here in Health Populi.

Digital Health 260

Digital Health FHIR Connected Health Telehealth 260

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Our starting point was the tipping-point statistic that over 50% of people in the U.S. have chosen to use a non-traditional health care setting. I had the opportunity to brainstorm the study’s findings in real-time on the day of survey launch, 12 February, with Dr. Kaveh Safavi, Brian Kalis, and Jenn Francis at HIMSS19.

Telehealth 288

Telehealth Interoperability Digital Health Patient Experience 288

Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

But evidence is growing for telehealth and a more remote health monitoring tools, some undergoing scrutiny by the FDA. We have reached a tipping point now that Medicare begins to pay for some virtual care services. Watch this space and don’t blink: virtual care will soon be, simply, “healthcare.”.

Digital Health 195

Digital Health Medicare Telehealth healthcare technology 195

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

(See the Hot Points , below, for how these patient life-flows are being met by innovative providers both inside and outside the healthcare system). I divulged that my favorite supermarket chain is Wegmans (who is not a client of THINK-Health).

EHR 203

EHR Health IT Patient Experience HIPAA 203