Connected Health

The merger of American Telemedicine Association's advocacy arm with DTA will create the Advancing Digital Health Coalition, a combined policy and advocacy platform focused on advancing new technologies with the potential to transform patient care.

After yet another temporary extension of pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, a partner at healthcare consulting firm Chartis offers a vision for a sustainable future for these promising care models.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief medical officer at telehealth and remote patient monitoring firm Cadence  and former virtual care and digital health chief at Providence, sees a way to create a more sustainable and patient-centered healthcare system.

Sherene Schlegel, RN, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for virtual care and digital health at the 51-hospital health system, offers a tour of its comprehensive telemedicine offering. She explains the program's evolution and highlights big results.

The connected care leader at Philips explains how remote patient monitoring tech can combat hospitals' and health systems' problems with patient retention and overall capacity.

The technology, known as Bynahm, is designed to bridge the distance among hospitalized patients and their loved ones, using automation and VR to streamline communication and provide immersive experiences.

A tour of a lab creating digital health tech to aid brain health – everything from robots to wearables and IOT devices to virtual reality and AI to adaptive robotic pets. Leading the tour: Casey Bennett, health informatics program chair at DePaul University.

More providers are finding artificial intelligence can reduce clinician burnout and lower recruiting costs. Meanwhile, tech vendors on the frontier of agentic AI innovation are looking to healthcare as a first use case.

Remote patient monitoring has begun to collect vital signs and other patient data more strategically and efficiently: Instead of waiting until a patient experiences distress, AI can help clinicians intervene earlier.

A physician AI expert and co-principal investigator of the landmark Apple Heart Study says the next wave of AI in healthcare will shift from diagnosing existing conditions to forecasting future health risks, paving the way for proactive and preventive care.