Telehealth

Philips IGT CMO Dr. Atul Gupta says innovations include digitally streaming application specialists into the operating room.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of the biggest trends and stories from April, including insurtech news, Fitbit studies and telehealth being called into question.

Assaf Halevy, CEO and founder of 2bPrecise, says genomic information can be injected into the workflow to manage the treatment of the patient.

Sean Kennedy, VP and GM of the Public Health Sector at Salesforce, says modernizing contact centers with the latest in omnichannel capabilities enables contact center agents to quickly respond to the needs of patients.

This week's top stories include use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine being halted due to rare, severe reactions and the Mayo Clinic launching a platform that delivers advanced, AI-powered clinical decision support through remote monitoring.

Automating communication for chronically ill patients not only gives them better access to care but improves the patient-provider relationship, says Twistle Medical Director Dr. John Janas.

This week's top stories include U.S. Anesthesia Partners alleging UHC is "like a boa constrictor squeezing USAP-TX from all sides," Bright Health buying Zipnosis, and AstraZeneca working with Mass General Hospital on disease management.

The IT leader discusses how Penn State has managed population health during COVID-19 with help from EHR tweaks, telehealth, data sharing via CommonWell and more, and highlights things healthcare can learn from other industries.

In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, NIST IT Security Specialist Nakia Grayson details the unique infosec challenges inherent in delivering care from hospital to home – and shares some resources that can help.

This week's top stories include the WHO's report on the origin of COVID-19, Amazon securing an EUA for an at-home COVID-19 test kit, and a survey finding most digital health leaders perceive the sector to be relatively high risk.