Patient Engagement

Steven Osborne, Medweb's director of federal business, discusses the company's new teledermatology app, which compresses the highest-resolution images a patient's phone can take without compromising data quality for a doctor's review.  

Virtual reality is particularly beneficial for teaching social and life skills, says Floreo CEO Vijay Ravindran, who explains and how investment in extended-reality digital therapeutics is evolving.

In its new HTI-2 proposed rule, the Office of the National Coordinator is hoping FHIR-focused interoperability criteria will ignite payers and public health and others to embrace broader information sharing goals.

An online community for atrial fibrillation will connect patients and caretakers with information on the disease and help to increase beneficial partnerships, says Jim Kaveney, founder of Unlimited Heart Health & Wellness.  

An AI-enabled system at Lee Health can refer chronic heart failure patients discharged from its hospitals to the RPM programs of Dr. Zsolt Kulcsar, the provider's medical director of virtual health. He explains how it works.  

In a "tour de force" rulemaking, the agency has "harnessed all the tools at ONC's disposal" to advance HHS' nationwide interoperability and patient engagement goals, says National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.

A network serving more than half the state's population with mental illness will bolster integrated care using population health management tools from Alera Health. Meanwhile, a consortium will use grant funding to grow the behavioral health workforce.

Tabia Health's AI-powered complex chronic disease-management platform has nearly doubled treatment-adherence rates, say company cofounders Steve Pickett and Ricardo Clemente.  

Celo's HIPAA-compliant messaging app allows care teams to share information easily without compromising patients' privacy. Jack Clough, the company's chief growth officer, shares more about the technology.