Connected Health
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.
In a preview of his HIMSS21 session, the chief digital engagement officer of Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin describes how a mental health app has helped the health system's patients.
The Michigan provider organization has been keeping COVID-19 patients at home – and recording a 95% satisfaction rate among patients in the program.
Remote patient monitoring technology improves care for these patients and raises HEDIS scores for the organization.
Frank McGillin talks about "on-demand" virtual care, virtual second opinions, chronic care management via telemedicine and telehealth personalization.
Other recommendations include boosting local production, promoting research and development, and creating robust quality management maturity.
The health system invested heavily last year in telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies to solve problems of the present and set itself up for the future.