Telehealth

As it switched to telemedicine for the pandemic, the clinically integrated network prioritized patient engagement to smooth the process and capitalize on the promise of virtual care.

Apple Watch's sleep tracking feature is a whole sleep experience, as HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock found out after taking it on a test-drive.

Amazon Care allows employees and dependents to access care virtually via video call or messaging.

The telehealth vendor demanded that Amwell stop selling, importing or using the products in question.

From March through August, the community hospital and its clinics have conducted 6,929 video visits and 11,401 telephone visits through its new telemedicine platform.

IHiS, Singapore’s national health IT agency aims to better digitally engage patients in a less transactional manner in the post pandemic era.  

Apple has included for the first time in its Apple Watch Series 6 a blood oxygenation sensor. Here, HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock takes the new health tracking feature for a spin.

This week's top stories include Apple working with the VA to get iPads into the hands of veterans, the Apple Watch Series 6 measuring blood oxygen and the hurdles primary care physicians face implementing telemedicine.

Researchers surveyed hundreds of primary care providers in the New York City area about the hurdles they're still facing to integrating telemedicine into their practices.

The agency is distributing iPads to some 50,000 veterans nationwide, to enable them to connect with virtual care visits and manage their data via the Health Records app.