Quality Care

NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics Associate Director Kerry Goetz discusses advancing technology in eye health as a window to overall health.  

Local players are also expected to scale at an international level.

Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor at HIMSS, discuss how informatics has changed the practice of nursing, particularly with virtual care.    

Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine to build trust in virtual healthcare environments and public-private sector collaboration.  

Disability-care focused Kismet recently raised $8 million in seed funding in the United States.

Various factors around ROI on virtual tech should be considered before implementation, such as billing revenue, increased efficiency, downstream revenue and improved outcomes, said experts at the HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum.

Augmented reality and virtual technologies are shaping innovative approaches in operating rooms, mental health care and patient monitoring.

The patch provides continuous glucose monitoring, sends readings directly to a wearer's smartphone and supplies personal insights into one's glucose health.

Lars Maaløe, chief technology officer and cofounder of Corti, discusses the company's provider-facing AI technology, which can help with clinical documentation by providing real-time feedback while listening to healthcare communications.  

Also, Medibank's health service unit has tied up with Amwell to support the virtual delivery of its new preventative care program.