The Future of Men’s Healthcare: A Path to Improved Access, Outcomes, and Cost Savings
Telehealth empowers men to take control of their health in a way that is easy, confidential, and fits into their busy lifestyles.
Healthcare Organizations Can, and Should, Provide Continuous Patient Care with the Right Technology
Now, more than ever, healthcare organizations must strive to innovate to ensure continuous patient care delivery while keeping medical staff safe.
Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
The Case for a “Single Source of Truth” in Provider Credentialing
A single source for provider credentialing would involve creating a centralized, continuously updated database of credentialing information that could be accessed and trusted across the healthcare sector. While no such system exists today, it should be the goal, and here’s why.
The Convergence of Digital Health and Life Sciences
Despite the challenges of interoperability, regulatory compliance, technology adoption, and data privacy, the benefits of digital health are undeniable. Collaboration between policymakers, clinicians, IT developers, and patients, can help overcome these obstacles.
The Power of “Techquity”: How Telehealth Can Help Promote Health Equity
Telehealth should serve as a tool for leveling the playing field, ensuring that every person has access to the care they deserve, no matter their socioeconomic status or zip code.
Healthcare’s Silver Lining: The Promise of Building a Health System in the Cloud
The idea is to harness the power of digital tools and cloud-based systems to create solutions that understand the root cause of healthcare needs, which will ultimately revolutionize care delivery, improve outcomes and reduce costs.
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Reading Between the Lines of the DEA’s Proposed Rules on Telemedicine
In some ways, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine are a sign of progress. Behavioral health could be getting some much-needed clarity, but at what cost?
Telehealth in 2023 – Predicting the Unpredictable
Making predictions in unpredictable times can be dangerous. As long-held certainties – even ones as basic as person-to-person contact – have proven unreliable, perhaps we can only really trust the trends that bring us the flexibility to deal with the unexpected. Healthcare is the perfect bellwether. The sector has borne – and continues to bear […]
3 Tensions to Telehealth and How We Can Resolve Them
There are three major tensions that still need to be addressed in virtual care or telemedicine before it can work as promised. Convenient
Telehealth: A Boon for Treating Substance Use Disorder? Or a Risk?
While telehealth has provided many benefits throughout the pandemic, it can be a lonely and sterile way of receiving treatment. Individuals experiencing substance use disorder who only receive treatment through telehealth may miss opportunities to connect with others in support of the recovery process.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Creating an Omnichannel Customer Journey in Healthcare
Improving Customer Experience and Conversion in Healthcare & Life Sciences.
Nursing & Patient Safety – Using Malpractice Claims to Identify Risk Trends
Nurses face challenges that put themselves and their patients at risk. Using closed claim data, Coverys identified nursing risk trends. A full report, including recommendations, will be released this year.
Carilion Clinic, TytoCare team up to expand rural telehealth
Carilion Clinic, a health system based in Roanoke, Virginia, recently unveiled its partnership with TytoCare, a New York City-based telehealth company. The partnership aims to strengthen the health system's ability to diagnose and treat patients remotely with virtual physical examinations.
Providers must choose their words carefully when pushing for telehealth expansion
The terms telehealth, telemedicine, virtual care and digital health are often used interchangeably, but that doesn’t mean they should be. Understanding how different stakeholders use telehealth terms is key to effectively communicating about the care modality — a crucial consideration as its permanent coverage status remains undetermined.
“No other option”: Telehealth could be rural healthcare’s savior
Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, says telehealth holds significant potential to save the future of rural healthcare. However, ongoing problems such as spotty broadband access, poor digital literacy and inadequate communication are preventing utilization from becoming widespread across rural communities.