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Telemedicine, enabled with responsible AI, can improve the patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch? While the concept of the digital front door has been a popular topic in healthcare for some time, telemedicine has the potential to expand its impact beyond simply acquiring new patients or providing a digital entry point for care.

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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. " she asked.

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Telemedicine M&A trends moving into 2024

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Both specialize in telemedicine. Healthcare IT News sat down with the men to discuss main players in the U.S. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends. telemedicine sector and where do they stand?

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Toward new telehealth strategies at the HIMSS24 Virtual Care Forum

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The forum kicks off with a panel moderated by Jennifer Goldsack, CEO at Digital Medicine Society, focused on the challenges of scaling virtual care within healthcare institutions, addressing financial barriers and strategies for sustainable pricing models. HIMSS24 is scheduled to take place March 11-15 in Orlando.

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Avel eCare Acquires Hospitalist Telemedicine Provider ‘Horizon Virtual’

Healthcare IT Today

The deal marks Avel’s 3rd acquisition in just over a year as the company continues its aggressive growth strategy into 2024. “In For more information on Avel eCare’s telemedicine services, visit avelecare.com. and ability to impact markets through product innovation, organic growth, and strategic acquisitions.

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The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic expands its digital and virtual care strategy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Cleveland Clinic and telemedicine technology and services vendor Amwell famously partnered to create The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic , which provides virtual second opinions and now other healthcare offerings. I understand The Clinic and Amwell have been discussing an overarching digital and virtual care strategy.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. New drugs and delivery models are going to challenge what can be delivered over telemedicine and challenge the regulations of how in-person services are delivered.