Telehealth

The telemonitoring program of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties and Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice are now connected with the state's HIE.

With Lumeon’s functionality to automate the care pathway, previously manual tasks are eliminated and Digital Noema can ensure reimbursable elements are consistently used, the vendors say.

MultiCare Health System developed a strategy to offer its virtual care platform - powered by Zipnosis - to employees as a covered benefit and wanted to make the claims process a seamless event.

In an appearance with former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Boehner says he's skeptical about the prospect of repeal-and-replace, because Republicans "will never, ever agree what the bill should be."

As part of the initial phase of the partnership, American Well partners and other providers and payers will have the opportunity to offer their services to Samsung consumers on their devices.

Dale Nordenberg, Executive Director at MDISS, explains how the progress of initiatives for data exchange and interoperability relates to the increased risk of a cyberattacks.

Deborah Dahl, vice president of patient care innovation, at Banner Health and David Weingard, a Microsoft veteran who founded Fit4D, will be presented with the Kate Grainger Compassionate Care Award at Tuesday night’s HIMSS Gala. The award is named in honor of Kate Granger, an English doctor who dedicated her life to raising awareness around compassion in healthcare. Carla Smith, HIMSS North America executive vice president, said the recipients “leverage people, process and technology to improve patient outcomes and ensure that patients receive high-touch care.” Dahl is a leader at Banner Health who has brought together diverse teams to select and implement innovative clinical strategies, such as telehealth services, safe surgery and one of the largest simulation medical centers in the world. Jason Bickford, president-elect of the Arizona Chapter of HIMSS and Director of IT Infrastructure at Banner Health, said “Deborah is a respected health IT patient care innovation leader that consistently delivers advanced level of care to patients that need it most.” Weingard was working at Microsoft when, at the age of 36, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He decided to leave Microsoft and commit his life to providing positive change to the diabetes community. He founded Fit4D and began fundraising on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Fit4D aims to improve adherence and health outcomes for pharmaceutical, payer and provider organizations by scaling clinician reach. Helping people with diabetes is his passion. HIMSS17 runs from Feb. 19-23, 2017 at the Orange County Convention Center. This article is part of our ongoing coverage of HIMSS17. Visit Destination HIMSS17 for previews, reporting live from the show floor and after the conference. Like Healthcare IT News on Facebook and LinkedIn

Microsoft and UPMC have partnered to improve healthcare delivery through a series of projects, Microsoft announced Thursday. The health system will work on Microsoft's Healthcare NExT Initiative, which will focus on clinician empowerment and productivity with AI, officials said. The companies will work together to develop new tools that will first be implemented at UPMC before it hits the market. The partnership will focus on products to empower patients and providers, while advancing UPMC's immunology research. "Despite UPMC's efforts to stay on the leading edge of technology, too often our clinicians and patients feel as though they're serving the technology rather than the other way around," UMPC Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and President of Health Services, Steven Shapiro, MD, said in a statement. "With Microsoft, we have a shared vision of empowering clinicians by reducing the burden of electronic paperwork and allowing the doctor to focus on the sacred doctor-patient relationship," he added. The collaboration is part of multiple Healthcare NExT initiatives that include: HealthVault Insights, a research partnership with Tribridge and System C & Graphnet Care Alliance focused on finding insights on patient health, care plan adherence and patient engagement; and Microsoft Genomics, an Azure-powered genome analytics pipeline and partnership with BC Platforms and DNAnexus, among others. Healthcare NExT also includes Microsoft's AI chatbot, which officials said telehealth provider MDLIVE will use to help patients self-triage inquiries before speaking with a provider by video. Further, Premera Blue Cross will use the tech to improve the way patients find their health benefit information. Microsoft also launched CGI ProperPay for claims analytics. The new service from its SaaS apps, provides predictive analytics, rules management and best practices to reduce healthcare claims fraud, waste and abuse, officials said. "At Microsoft, we're grounding our efforts in a set of core design principles that focus on the human benefit of AI, transparency and accountability," officials said in a statement. "We believe that ethics and design go hand in hand. Further, we understand that security, privacy and compliance remain a top priority for health organizations." Twitter: @JessieFDavis Email the writer: jessica.davis@himssmedia.com Like Healthcare IT News on Facebook and LinkedIn

Today, organizational population health management strategies typically focus on improved care coordination, communication and analytics. But there is a growing emphasis on consumer empowerment and access to promote person-centered care.

Telehealth physician champions are innovative forward-thinkers who are willing to push the boundaries of traditional medicine.