Patient Engagement

Measuring the impact of the Colombian Civil Air Patrol's volunteer healthcare mission is helping it to increase and sustain services in the most remote areas, says Manish Kohli, founder and president of the Pul Alliance for Digital Health and Equity.  

A pilot program will work with existing plan designs to identify high-risk members who need mobility assistance and delivery help.

The health system's expanded app, Cedars-Sinai Connect, will allow parents and Spanish-speaking adults to access 24/7 on-demand care.  

By leveraging AI, providers can instantly connect to patients locally and keep a communication channel open throughout their care journeys, explains Don Thompson, head of marketing at TeleVox.

Island Hospital in Malaysia is building a technology-driven integrated health ecosystem in a bid to lower healthcare costs.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center now relies on videos as part of its virtual care program to educate patients. One of many benefits: It has reduced inbound patient questions – for every 15 questions nurses used to get, now they get only one.

Medical XR use in psychotherapy and its validity in mental healthcare offerings discussed by Dr. Kim Bullock, a psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist and founder of the Virtual Reality and Immersive Technology Clinic at Stanford University.  

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Meanwhile, it's already finding success with AI-enabled patient portals – and ambient scribing is showing big promise too. The Baltimore health system's digital health physician leader explains.

Moving forward, it's working with Epic on EHR chart summarization via artificial intelligence, with an initial focus on inpatient hospital course summary. The top digital health MD tells all.