Telehealth

Unobtrusive monitoring of patients can make data management more efficient and useful.

Experts at the Las Vegas event will share their advice for making digital health work through clinical communications, virtual visits as well as adoption successes and common challenges.

Machine learning and Smart on FHIR work with prescription drug monitoring data to battle overdoses.

InTouch Health will incorporate TruClinic's software so patients can initiate and consult with their health system physician from their home.

The bill gives legislative teeth to the agency’s Anywhere to Anywhere telemedicine program, including a clause that bars states from revoking providers who practice telehealth across state lines.

As technology vendors increasing specialize on telepharmacy, rural providers are deploying the tools to offer patients 24/7 pharmacy services.

The policy outlined now mirrors the current position of the Joint Commission, which underwent its own series of flip-flops on the subject in 2016.

Fueled by three converging trends – increasing government support and reimbursement for telehealth services; purpose-built, integrated hardware-software solutions; and the “consumerization of medical devices” – telemedicine is poised to make major gains in the coming year.

The hospital also added the BabyScripts Medicaid experience tool for women’s health.

With a new administrator at the helm, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps toward regulating decision support, software-as-a-medical-device, mobile tech in clinical trials and more.