After years of slow movement advancing telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health technologies, the landscape changed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jodi Daniel, managing director of Crowell Health Solutions.
At HIMSS23, Daniel, who previously served as the founding director of the Office of Policy in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
CHICAGO — Digital therapeutics have the potential to give patients a new way to access care and lessen the burden on providers, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition on Tuesday. But startups face some challenges when it comes to getting these tools into patients' hands.
Kelsey Maguire, managing director at Blue Ventures Fund, said many companies are interested...
One of the key tenets of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's remote patient monitoring program is choosing easy-to-use devices that don't require extra technology on the patient's end, said Cathleen Mathew, director of condition management and population health.
The program, which went live in 2020, is largely focused on hypertension, but the health system also includes monitoring for...
Healthcare organizations sometimes choose technology that makes sense for the system, but doesn't always work for the end user, often the patient. That leaves patients — and the often providers who care for them — frustrated and confused.
Julie Rish, associate chief improvement officer of design at the Cleveland Clinic, joined HIMSSCast to discuss how using human-centered design could help...
CHICAGO – Creating a seamless experience is key when it comes to improving patients' interactions with the healthcare system, said Andrea Marks, vice president of digital transformation at Walmart Health and Wellness.
It's great to solve one step in the process – like scheduling an appointment – but patients are frustrated when they need to move from app to app to access all their care needs.
"A...
CHICAGO – Provider burnout and overwork is a hot topic in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But patients often struggle to navigate their own care in the complex and fragmented U.S. healthcare system.
At HIMSS233, Grace Cordovano, patient advocate and CEO of Enlightening Results, called patient burnout a "silent public health crisis."
"I can assure you that the manual outdated workflows, the...
CHICAGO – When Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Center was first implementing its remote patient monitoring program, the hardest lift was getting devices into patients' hands and troubleshooting problems, said program coordinator Shannon Crotwell.
They began with internet-connected devices, asking patients to download an app where they'd need an Apple ID. Then they...
At HIMSS23, Florida-based BayCare Health System announced it had deployed Amazon's Alexa voice assistant at its newest hospital, Wesley Chapel, which opened its doors last month.
Craig Anderson, director of innovation at the health system, explains what Alexa Smart Properties does at BayCare's hospitals, how it affects provider workload and what the health system has learned from implementing...
A federal jury found three former executives of health tech company Outcome Health guilty of multiple counts of fraud on Tuesday.
Rishi Shah, cofounder and former CEO, Shradha Agarwal, former president, and Brad Purdy, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer, were convicted for their roles in a $1 billion scheme that defrauded investors and clients, largely pharma companies....
Diabetes management company Glooko is partnering with Copenhagen-based Hedia to integrate its app into Glooko's remote monitoring platform.
The Hedia Diabetes Assistant allows patients to input their blood glucose, meals and activity levels and provides bolus insulin dosing recommendations. Under the partnership, the app will integrate with Glooko's platform, which lets patients share diabetes...
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