Patient Engagement

Mature health systems recognize the importance of context and design virtual care programs accordingly. Telehealth looks different for millennials and retirees, rural and urban patients and population groups with fundamentally different healthcare needs.

Solutions include its medical supplies management system, training platforms, and new additions and updates to its mobile app.

The university health network helped employees better cope with anxiety, while saving $17 in face-to-face mental health costs for every dollar spent on the digital program.

Panellists at a recent webinar provided valuable insights in relation to how healthcare organizations can better utilize data for actionable insights to improve both business and care outcomes.

The telehealth devices help vulnerable patients nervous about going to the hospital during a pandemic stay in touch with their physicians.

We start 2021 with hope and well-founded optimism, despite the ravages of the pandemic, reflects Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS. 

The pandemic has shown the crucial role Internet access plays for telehealth, and for the overall health and wellbeing of a population, says CEO Tom Mihaljevic.

A new JAMIA study found that more than 6 million messages related to COVID-19 were sent using the Watson Assistant platform between March 30 and August 10 of this year.

The goal of its Nuance deployment is to significantly reduce after-hours “pajama time” charting while introducing the voice of the patient to the EHR, says its CIO and CMIO.

Osman Minkara, managing director at Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, discusses improving patient care and satisfaction, obstacles to advanced digital technology and the consumerization of healthcare.