article thumbnail

Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 60% said they were "very" or "extremely" prepared to manage portals, but fewer health systems were well-positioned to store high volumes of data (53%), offer provider-facing communication platforms (50%), or secure video technology to connect docs and patients (47%). Further down the list? THE LARGER TREND.

article thumbnail

How Employer Health Plans Can Utilize Telehealth as a Value-Added Service

care innovations

Much has been written about the benefits of telehealth services like remote care within the healthcare system. Time and again, remote patient management has been shown to improve patient satisfaction and lower operational costs , as perhaps best demonstrated by the success of the Mississippi Diabetes Health Network.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"In the past, we haven't worried as much about coordinating care across the patient journey, from preoperative education to surgical aftercare," said Andrew Lovewell, administrator. "Demographic data is imported from Emme into the Force platform to inform care path personalization.

Nursing 127
article thumbnail

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Eko’s telehealth and remote patient monitoring platform powers virtual cardiac and pulmonary exams by facilitating stethoscope and ECG live streaming. The platform has embedded video conferencing, or works alongside the video conferencing platform a health system has in place. It also provides medication adherence tools.

article thumbnail

A hospital without patients

Henry Kotula

Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. Mercy Virtual is arguably the world’s most advanced example of something gaining momentum in the health care world: A virtual hospital, where specialists remotely care for patients at a distance.

Nursing 32