Telehealth

With one in four people lacking the skills to use digital tools effectively, NHS Digital is trying to raise awareness around the importance of addressing exclusion levels.

Riverside Medical Clinic's no-show rate was 10 percent just after the platform go-live – it was 3 percent just a month later, clearly suggesting a patient preference for texting over phone calls.

Hospitals are shaping always-on consumer experiences with cutting-edge digital health tools to access care.

Its clinical use of remote monitoring is focused on congestive heart failure, advanced illness care, tobacco treatment services and inflammatory bowel diseases.

Passing with a 92-5 vote, the legislation also will mandate the agency participate in national PDMP data sharing network.

As the healthcare sector continues to shift into value-based care and consumers become more involved in the care process, telemedicine and big data will continue to hold a crucial role in advancing patient care.

Health IT can often contribute to frustrations, but smart and well-designed technology can offload work, streamline processes and generally make nurses' lives easier.

That burdens hospitals with the responsibility to ensure affordability, access and ethics to avoid making a broken healthcare system even worse.

Southcoast Health shows how video-based interpretation is improving patient engagement and experience, and allaying the fears of patients with limited English proficiency.

EHRs will feature automation analytics, telemedicine, genomics and more in the not-too-distant future.