Mind The Gaps: Closing the Digital Divide to Improve Behavioral Healthcare
The shortfalls that accompany this technology gap touch everything from continuity of care and outcomes to the patient experience.
The shortfalls that accompany this technology gap touch everything from continuity of care and outcomes to the patient experience.
Healthcare must be more than a transactional experience. The focus must be on relationships, continuity, and coordination.
Inova Health System and ContinuumRX have formed a joint venture focused on continuity of care. The JV will give patients home infusion and specialty pharmacy services.
"Introducing telehealth into underserved communities generates new demand for services such as procedures or tests that can’t be done through video conferencing."
Bad coordination often plagues patients’ transitions to the care of home health agencies, as well as to nursing homes and other professionals charged with helping them recuperate, studies show.
A Brigham hospitalist discussed the program Monday at the American Medical Informatics Association annual symposium.
MedCity News was at the Vive conference and spoke with executives who shared their insights for the healthcare industry.