Telehealth

A nationwide pilot of the service is now ongoing.

Virtual care can provide more capacity in near real time for overworked clinicians, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare. He advises health systems about finding the right partner to provide that support.

New research found that experienced practice leaders most often cited visit-triage rules and telemedicine-specific staffing and scheduling protocols as two key areas most needed for telehealth implementation and maturation.

Through its virtual care and remote monitoring programs, University of Alabama at Birmingham has increased the census and case-mix index of rural hospitals, among other successes.

It features video consultation and remote vital signs monitoring.

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT? What should CIOs and other health IT leaders be doing to address new virtual care challenges? An expert consultant has answers.

Also, the South Korean government is helping expedite the approval of a VR-based therapy for treating visual impairment.

Brian Scarpelli of the Connected Health Initiative discusses advocating for more fundamental shifts in thinking as insurers grow to understand the need for meaningful digital health and telemedicine reimbursement.

 Bronwyn Spira is CEO and cofounder of Force Therapeutics, a digital care management platform for musculoskeletal conditions.

The IT director at the Central Ohio provider describes how telemedicine capabilities were built up from scratch to become an important part of practice.