Telehealth

Phones are a gateway since most people have one, says Renee Broadbent, SoNE Health's chief information officer, who developed a digital enablement approach to improve access and keep patients out of the hospital.  

The MOTHeRS Project - Maternal Outreach Through Telehealth for Rural Sites - has been successful in using telehealth for maternal outreach for high-risk pregnant women in rural areas, says Dr. Sy Saeed of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program.

Strategies first used during the pandemic are now being deployed for virtual nursing and hospital to home programs, says Scott Wilson, AVP of HHS enterprise care solutions at Teladoc.  

The group is advocating for digital healthcare initiatives such as expanded access to virtual care and telehealth.

Highlights from the second day of global conference include telehealth legislation, EMRAM Stage 7 achievements and AI. HIMSS Media executive editors discuss.  

The program will give access to the technology to pregnant and postpartum people with maternal hypertension and diabetes. 

A proactive and scalable technology model would refocus attention on patient care says HIMSS25 Smart Health Transformation Forum committee members Esther Kim of Mass General Brigham, Kali Arduini Idhe of Northwestern Medicine and Marcee Chmait of Providence.  

Catapult Health offers members Virtual Checkup, an at-home wellness kit that includes materials to collect blood samples and check blood pressure.

Amazon surfaces eligible benefits to customers when they search for related products or devices.

The coming year is going to show where AI's practical use cases are going to be in healthcare, say editors from HIMSS Media brands Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews.