Telehealth

Healthcare systems and providers – with notable exceptions - have been notoriously slow to adopt new digital technologies and innovations and to push forward on the road to digital maturity. All that changed almost overnight with the global COVID-19 pandemic - resistance to online healthcare receded, attitudes shifted, regulations were temporarily relaxed and the result was years of digital transformation happened in a matter of weeks or days. The adoption of digital health services in Australia has been dramatically accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic – and in ways that nobody could have imagined: the key question, as for countries around the world, is how to maintain the momentum, build future resilience and drive the opportunity for innovation in new digitally-enabled models of care. Titled Acceleration of Digital Health: An overview of Australia’s Digital Health landscape, this HIMSS eBook provides readers a broad overview of the country’s digital health developments and features highlights from the nine-episode HIMSS Australia Digital Dialogue Series. Episode summaries: Episode 1: Western Australia Episode 2: Queensland Episode 3: Victoria Episode 4: South Australia Episode 5: Northern Territory Episode 6: Australian Capital Territory Episode 7: New South Wales Episode 8: National Round Tables Part 1 Episode 9: National Round Tables Part 2 You can download the eBook here for insights on:  - How various States in Australia responded to the COVID-19 pandemic  - Case studies on how technology has transformed healthcare delivery in the country - Perspectives from healthcare leaders on Australia’s ongoing digital health journey - Lessons and challenges learnt from the pandemic to help health systems prepare for the future - Telemedicine’s rapid growth in Australia and its associated challenges

The remote care technology can help detect abnormalities in lung exams, and the company says it will soon be able to detect symptoms in throat exams as well.  

With help from FCC pandemic funding, Maple Knoll Communities, which offers a range of living options, from independent to skilled nursing, is implementing several new technologies to serve patients today and prepare for the future.

Jason Gorevic and Glen Tullman see the deal as a way to offer a longitudinal relationship between clinicians and patients, bringing doctors, digital tools and data science together for better health.

In a conversation with George Halvorson, the CEO discusses interoperability, telehealth, rapid dissemination of new clinical insights and the ability to do installs and go-lives quicker and less expensively.

Because telemedicine is effective, cost-effective and easy to adapt to, healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to expand their services during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

Even after the pandemic, patients will be unwilling to return to the less-streamlined status quo, says Clive Smith.

This week's top stories include hospitals needing to report flu information in addition to COVID-19 data, while Americans want mental healthcare via telehealth but worry about data security.

COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of telehealth, but digital therapeutics, diagnostics and remote patient monitoring are predicted to play a more significant role moving forward, says Liz Ashall-Payne, founder and CEO of ORCHA.

Telehealth Connection TV: Howard University College of Medicine's Michael Crawford shares early findings from the 1867 Health Innovations Project about virtual care and telemedicine.