Telehealth

Singapore is becoming concerned about cybersecurity risks with the increasing integration of medical devices in its health system.

Nearly $950,000 in new funding will help the Pennsylvania health system expand the 24/7 virtual care center it launched this past year, with new technologies for Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital.

With waits for individual psychotherapy as long as several months and several thousand outstanding orders, the mostly rural health system needed a solution. Combining group therapy and telemedicine was the answer.

The expansion aims to connect the western and eastern islands at a distance of 3,500 kilometres.

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.

A telehealth expert offers a look at the year ahead, where he also sees more growth in virtual chronic care management and employer-based care.

Done right, more widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring will offer breakthrough innovations where healthcare delivery can be improved, clinician workloads can be right-sized and better patient outcomes can be achieved, an expert says.

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.

Sehat Kahani is now exploring predictive AI in telehealth.