Connected Health

The agency's analysis suggests increases in interoperability and patient-provider communication, along with frequent use of mobile health apps.

Connected Nation researchers compared Michigan communities that participated in a facilitated tech-planning effort against the state as a whole.

Apple will directly integrate with six electronic health record vendors: Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, CPSI, DrChrono and Meditech Expanse.

But another panelist at the ONC Tech Forum on Friday noted that those two terms are not necessarily synonymous.

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.