Connected Health

The companies say their complementary products will support patients in the hospital, at home and in alternate sites of care.

The massive health system's patient-compliance and patient-satisfaction numbers are quite high, at 85% and 96%, respectively.

Trapollo works with providers and payers to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes through remote monitoring solutions, says Andrew Goldberg, vice president of strategy development for Cox Communications.

With Google Health and Apple both reported to be, respectively, closing down and scaling back their healthcare efforts, it's worth asking just how disruptive consumer technology companies can be in this hugely complex and fragmented industry.

The research and commercial partnership more than doubled adherence rates and cut readmission rates down to a third of the industry average.

Remote care delivery becomes more important as the senior population grows, agree four health IT experts in a HIMSS21 Digital panel.

Kajeet unveils an Internet of Things solution for secure and reliable delivery of telemedicine services. LifeScan and Fitbit offer people with diabetes virtual care to lead to healthy lifestyle changes.

TytoCare now operates within Epic's MyChart. Royal Philips debuts a new, cloud-based acute care telehealth system. And PatientPoint unveils a new suite of remote care management solutions.

New Salesforce "care from anywhere" innovations designed to improve patient access. Vivify Health offers new telemedicine automated CPT codes and video visit clinician scheduling.

The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers?