Telehealth

In a conversation with George Halvorson, the CEO discusses interoperability, telehealth, rapid dissemination of new clinical insights and the ability to do installs and go-lives quicker and less expensively.

Because telemedicine is effective, cost-effective and easy to adapt to, healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to expand their services during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

Even after the pandemic, patients will be unwilling to return to the less-streamlined status quo, says Clive Smith.

This week's top stories include hospitals needing to report flu information in addition to COVID-19 data, while Americans want mental healthcare via telehealth but worry about data security.

COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring are predicted to play a more significant role moving forward, says Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA.

Telehealth Connection TV: Howard University College of Medicine's Michael Crawford shares early findings from the 1867 Health Innovations Project about virtual care and telemedicine.

For example, only around 2% of patients in the home pulse oximetry program have required readmission to date.

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Digital tools are being widely adopted across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, with remote monitoring for chronic care popular in the Nordics, says Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne.

Reps. Robin Kelly and Anna Eshoo said that while telemedicine has the potential to expand access to care, it has also highlighted disparities in the U.S. healthcare system.