Telehealth News and Market Developments
Healthcare IT News: At Nicklaus Children’s, successful telehealth expansion depends on customer input (2/18) – In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, innovators from the Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s health system explained how they’ve addressed individualized patient concerns around virtual care. Strategies included operationalizing a call center to provide timely support; surveying patients and families on their virtual care experience; reviewing feedback; and taking action on any improvements.
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Infrastructure Law Gives Boost to Booming Telehealth Sector
(2/17) – According to investors, federal efforts to expand high-speed internet connectivity will spur long-term innovation in telemedicine, a sector that is booming thanks to a recent surge in venture-capital funding. The $1 trillion infrastructure law signed in November aided in this, which included $65 billion to expand access to broadband which will enable more patients to receive video consultations in rural areas where broadband is currently limited.
mHealth Intelligence: Using Data Analytics to Enhance Telehealth Services (2/16) – With telehealth becoming increasingly integrated into care delivery at provider organizations across the country, some are going one step further and optimizing it. For Children’s National, a health system in Washington, D.C., this means using data analytics to understand telehealth use better and identify gaps in care. Children’s National has been using a data analytics platform and dashboard to analyze various types of data to provide insights into telehealth patients and providers. The health system also uses the dashboard to follow trends in direct-to-consumer ambulatory virtual visits. Looking ahead, Children's National plans to use the analytics capabilities to target children in need and those in medically and socioeconomically underserved areas.
Healthcare IT News: Eight Benefits of Telehealth (2/15) – The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technology. Telehealth’s ability to provide a high level of medical care in numerous situations will make telehealth a permanent fixture in health care. Telehealth can expand a hospital’s patient base, increase patient flexibility, and increase collaboration opportunities between medical disciplines.
Health IT Analytics: Community Health Systems Deploys AI to Improve Remote Patient Monitoring (2/14) – Community Health Systems and Cadence announced a partnership to improve remote patient monitoring for those with chronic conditions. Remote patient monitoring can also lead to fewer preventable hospitalizations, a reduction in the cost of care for specific patient populations, and enhanced patient engagement and satisfaction. It can also allow those with chronic conditions to access health services from their home. As this delivery approach grows in the health care community, more hospital systems and organizations are partnering with health technology companies.
Fierce Healthcare: From Pandemic to Endemic, What Is Next for Telemedicine as COVID Evolves? (2/14) – Telemedicine has played a considerable role in health care during the pandemic, with some estimating that its adoption grew more than 6,000 percent. As the pandemic evolved, doctors have realized that telemedicine's convenience and ease are often preferred over traditional and time-consuming in-person visits, and consumers now know that they have more options available when it comes to their care. Telemedicine is a tool that has provided quality care to millions and has proven its worth time and time again.
Healthcare IT News: Telehealth, physical therapy and the pandemic: Lessons for all (2/14) – New technologies and strategies have linked patients to safe, at-home physical therapy care that balances telemedicine with in-person visits. A rehab-at-home strategy lets health systems and orthopedic groups bring outpatient PT treatment to patients in lieu of forcing them to travel twice a week, in some cases more than five miles away, to obtain postoperative care. It also helps health care organizations improve the profitability of their rehabilitation services by expanding access to care, standardizing care to avoid surgical complications, improving adherence, enhancing patient experience, lowering costs and reducing referral leakage.
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