Connected Health

Despite facing immense challenges since the pandemic began, the nursing workforce is nothing but resilient and resourceful. These stories show how RNs and NPs are embracing emerging tech to advance their mission to serve patients.

New monitoring devices and AI algorithms could help reduce staggering costs and improve quality of life for patients with chronic diseases such as COPD, asthma and chronic cough.

Dr. Ben Zaniello, chief medical officer of PointClickCare, explains three pathways to consider to achieve whole person care and shares his personal experiences engaging SDOH on post-acute care coordination.

The agency seeks to draw on outside expertise to "ensure we appropriately apply our regulatory authority in a way that protects patient health while continuing to support innovation," says the director of its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

It has released an AI-powered connected ambulatory patient monitoring system.

Telehealth should not be viewed as a technology first – it should be looked upon as a workflow solution and driver of unused capacity, says a healthcare consultant with new virtual care survey results.

The new artificial intelligence tools could help staff and team members who may be in different time zones catch up on missed meetings, improve their productivity and work together more effectively, the company says.

More patients with chronic disease. Fewer providers to take care of them. An aging population. SDOH barriers. Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring are essential tools to help manage these healthcare hurdles, an expert says.

Interest in the pre-conference FHIR workshop exceeded our expectations, and we also saw significant developments in digital twins, emerging technologies, and generative AI.

The payer says its new care management platform built on Salesforce Health Cloud helps understand members' care needs better and other tools reduce the processing time for benefits administration from 24 hours to five minutes.