Patient Engagement

One professional's shift to virtual care showed improved results for children learning to eat in their own homes with their parents, rather than in provider settings – and she's since made the shift to 100% virtual.

Microsoft, Google, the Santa Clara County Independent Physician Association, UCSF Health, Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association are partnering with the company to put clinically managed artificial intelligence providers in patient homes.

"The more users on the platform, the stronger the platform becomes," says the health system's digital health chief.

A new law passed in New York and legislation introduced in Ohio are just two of the latest examples of a legislative push to expand insurance coverage for biomarker testing.

Lifestyle is a bigger factor in how long we live than science, innovation and curative therapies, says Andy Davis of Deloitte.

TimeDoc Health CEO Brian Esterly talks the rise in comorbidities complicating the delivery of care, key social determinants of health issues, healthcare deserts and how health IT can help caregivers aid all of these patients.  

With telemedicine, the time for patients coming out of the ER or a convenience clinic to see a primary care provider has gone from weeks to 24-72 hours. And virtual care has helped the health system achieve a 72% completion rate of Medicare annual wellness visits.

Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.

"AI can fundamentally change the physician experience with an EHR by making it an intelligent partner for the clinician," says Paul Brient, chief product officer of athenahealth.

A provider's digital transformation expert and consultant shows how regular care paradigms will continue to erode, the big four retail healthcare players will begin to execute their plans, and the fax machine will at long last (gulp) die.