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Oren Nissim of Brook Health on RPM
Remote Patient Monitoring
By Bill Siwicki | 01:53 pm | June 14, 2024
The panel likely needs more data and a decision on what constitutes a good form of engagement in order to make an informed decision on the proposed changes to the CPT code language for RPM reimbursement, one expert says.
Justin Kozak of Founder Shield on RPM
Remote Patient Monitoring
By Bill Siwicki | 10:53 am | June 03, 2024
A risk management expert offers perspective on shoring up data security, preventing misdiagnosis and avoiding overreliance on RPM.
Male doctor appears in a 3D hologram display with a patient in the foreground
By Andrea Fox | 10:58 am | May 30, 2024
The Dallas-area hospital already uses a holographic video studio and will expand use by installing additional mini hologram displays at several locations throughout the facility and associated clinics.
A doctor having a virtual consultation with a patient using a laptop
By Adam Ang | 06:17 am | May 29, 2024
The latest report from the Productivity Commission notes the "slow" uptake of remote care technologies despite wide availability.
Interface of Heuron Brain PET by South Korean company Heuron
By Adam Ang | 10:24 am | May 21, 2024
Also, IHH Healthcare is now offering AI-based sleep monitoring solutions.
Peerbridge CEO Chris Darland
By Bill Siwicki | 01:47 pm | May 17, 2024
By 2030, there is projected to be a shortage of 120,000 cardiologists in the U.S. Combined with the decline in hospital beds and rising cost of heart failure, healthcare organizations need to find a way to detect heart failure earlier and at lower cost.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:04 pm | May 10, 2024
Four telehealth experts discuss the roles of AI, collaboration, hybrid care, regulation and more as presented at this week's American Telemedicine Association annual conference.
Dr. Rahul Sharma of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on telehealth
By Bill Siwicki | 12:53 pm | May 07, 2024
The promise of telehealth has not been fully realized in populations with great health inequities, a new study shows, with the same factors that lead to poor health and poor access contributing to low use of digital health services.
Person using a smartphone with digital overlay of icons
HIMSS24 Europe
By Tjasa Zajc | 06:50 am | April 26, 2024
Digital transformation of healthcare not only requires investments in digital technology, but also in digital health literacy. This must be coordinated across three critical levels: individual, institutional and policy-making.
Dr. Eve Cunningham on virtual care at Providence
Remote Patient Monitoring
By Bill Siwicki | 12:55 pm | April 23, 2024
Only 0.6% of remote encounters managed by the health system's remote patient monitoring vendor's caregivers escalate to Providence clinicians. Hypertension RPM patients saw a 12.55% reduction in systolic blood pressure by week 12.