Telehealth

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of the biggest trends and stories from April, including insurtech news, Fitbit studies and telehealth being called into question.

With 18.4 million appointments over the past 12 months, the vendor's VP of research identifies some trends in telemedicine adoption, utilization, scheduling and permanence.

The use of in-home monitoring for Type 2 diabetes and hypertension patients led to twice as many activities completed by nurses.

Assaf Halevy, CEO and founder of 2bPrecise, says genomic information can be injected into the workflow to manage the treatment of the patient.

The legislation, sponsored by 50 senators, would permanently remove geographic restrictions on telehealth sites and expand originating sites, among other provisions.

The president's joint address to Congress focused mainly on job creation and family support, but he also reiterated his backing for a key enabler of telehealth – and called for investments in advanced research at NIH.

The software, Outcomes, includes medication therapy management, digital patient engagement and pharmacy telehealth tools.

A virtual care technology expert talks about building a long-term telehealth strategy that leads to increased workflow efficiencies.

A new study linked direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits to more downstream office and urgent care visits.

The health system has been achieving successes with telemedicine and remote patient monitoring since the pandemic began. Clinicians and patients like it, and the plan is to expand with new virtual care projects.