Telehealth

This week's top stories include strong support for the passage of the Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 and a Fitbit patent revealing the wearable maker could be working on a health monitoring ring.

Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock recaps some of June's top healthcare stories, including event news, upcoming wearables and controversy surrounding the UnitedHealth Group.

This week's top stories include the OIG claiming CMS lacks adequate authority to ensure hospitals are adequately prepared for the next pandemic, Ro buying at-home diagnostic firm Kit and a new report finding telehealth use is declining.

Telehealth Connection TV: Nursing informatics professional Judy Murphy shares how virtual services can bolster preventive care.

One long-term impact of the pandemic has been moving care out of the hospital, including a new Hospital at Home program, says UMass Memorial Medical Center President Dr. Michael Gustafson.

One challenge is there is now nationwide competition for remote staff, says Kimberly Scaccia, VP of revenue management for Mercyhealth.

New care paradigms are nothing without new payment paradigms to make them work. In this episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn looks at what the virtual care economy might look like.

Yuri Jung, manager at F&D Partners, says transformations in telemedicine, AI diagnosis and AI-enabled medical devices have been accelerated during the pandemic, while innovative digital tools can now help in everyday life for South Koreans.

This week's top stories include Hims & Hers purchasing a British personalized health company, the AHA asking Express Scripts to rescind its 340B claims policy, and Cerner and Meditech supporting record-sharing via Apple.