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COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring are predicted to play a more significant role moving forward, says Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA.
Digital tools are being widely adopted across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, with remote monitoring for chronic care popular in the Nordics, says Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne.
Dr. Ceri Thompson, deputy head of the eHealth, Wellbeing and Ageing unit at the European Commission, says health data systems must be based on infrastructure and mechanisms that people can trust to ensure effective adoption.
Dr. Bridget Duffy, former chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic and CMO at Vocera, discusses burnout during and post-COVID-19, protecting the physical and emotional safety of the healthcare workforce, and how technology can help and hurt.
Amy Trainor, vice president of IS clinical systems at Ochsner Health, shares how, in the midst of the crisis, the healthcare provider organized, formatted and shared data for a "never again" scenario.
Telehealth became a service that required a "clinical champion" to a necessary part of Yale New Haven Health Services' offerings, says Dr. Pam Hoffman, medical director of telehealth services at the health system.
The digital health indicator has enabled a more integrated, outcomes-orientated healthcare system, says Vanessa Janissen, national director of strategy and service development at Calvary Health Care in Australia.
Dr. Amy Abernethy, principal deputy commissioner at the U.S. FDA, discusses the need for regulatory "agility" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HealthEC is able to identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19, says Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, the company's senior medical director.
