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The extent to which the world of digital health has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely recognised.

Leading stakeholders have called for a strategic re-orientation towards value-based care to improve clinical outcomes. This paradigm shift would entail moving from volume to value-based payments.

Julian Flannery leads Summus, which offers remote second-opinion services for patients and employers. He says the pandemic has led to a "real acceleration of adoption" for virtual care.

The COVID-19 outbreak accelerated the onboarding of digital health solutions, but what happens next?  In this session at HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference, Nordic healthcare experts discuss how best to leverage the progress made.   

The law may have to change to enable a healthy flow of European data according to a former European Commission Vice President. Jyrki Katainen was speaking at the HIMSS & Heath 2.0 European Digital conference today.

The ADT-based collaboration network will collaborate with the Hospital Industry Data Institute to support delivery of near real-time data to Missouri care teams.

Europe’s first GE Healthcare-powered Clinical Command Centre opened in 2019. GE Healthcare’s experience delivering Command Centres around the world tells them that providing caregivers with actionable real-time data is key to driving optimisation of healthcare.

Using care-coordination software, the team now can identify patients requiring transitional calls within 48 hours of discharge and schedule follow-up visits seven to 14 days post-discharge.

Other major challenges include remote patient monitoring, interoperability, real-time data analytics, work-from-home resources and patient surveillance, according to a new KLAS report.

A wide-ranging JAMA study showed that early adopters of direct scheduling were more often young, white and commercially insured.