Telehealth

Remote patient monitoring has helped the health system boost patient engagement, improve patient care quality through evidence-based therapies and reduce clinicians' workloads.

Also: U.K.-based Preventx announces a new Cincinnati lab offering remote STI testing to help American public health agencies manage the challenges of hard-to-reach populations.

Dhruv Suyamprakasam, leader of a virtual healthcare company, discusses why he believes ChatGPT enhances productivity for providers of virtual and in-person care.

Advanced analytics, 5G networks, artificial intelligence and remote patient monitoring are among the top clinical spending priorities for hospital IT leaders, according to a new brief from IDC and Redox.

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

The organisations have also set up a joint AI research lab for population health and digital health.

CCA prioritizes virtual care because access to technology is a social factor that impacts health – and it enhances care coordination by engaging members where they are.

A shortage of skilled nursing is disrupting care delivery nationwide. The workforce challenge is not going away, and will require creative approaches, including virtual care, says Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility.

University of Texas researchers found that symptoms of certain diseases are more difficult for patients to communicate and doctors to observe over video. Other limitations mean little cost-reduction benefit from telehealth when compared to in-person care.

It targets to offer the service by next year.