Connected Health
In the area of digital health, New Zealand aims to improve interoperability and digital access to primary care, among other planned actions.
Virtual therapeutics, voice recognition and fast-evolving artificial intelligence tools are transforming home-based care, says Robin Farmanfarmaian, co-author of the new book How AI Can Democratize Healthcare.
They're researching how AI-enabled messaging and text-based interventions can help maternal care teams support patients at home between visits.
It is delivering on reform promises made following the recommendations of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Robin Farmanfarmaian, a Silicon Valley AI entrepreneur and author, explains how artificial intelligence can boost the efficacy of RPM and help democratize healthcare.
The academic medical center's physician chief of maternal fetal medicine explains how remote patient monitoring technology improves care during a very sensitive time in a woman's life.
Also, the New Zealand Ministry of Health reported an undercount of reported COVID-19 hospitalisations since the start of the pandemic.
Connecting care teams and enabling information sharing among hospitals, group practices and, most importantly, families is crucial to helping more senior citizens get healthcare at home.
The New York health system launched telehealth in 2019 and widely diversified its offerings to, among other things, decrease inpatient length of stay and readmission rates.
The LifeHub+ service allows doctors to access patients' health data which they can use to craft a personalised health plan.