Telehealth

This week's top stories include CMS expanding telehealth services but the American Telemedicine Association expressing concerns about remote patient monitoring, and DeepMind AI cracking a decades-old protein folding challenge.

Telehealth Connection TV: Matt Hawkins and Parity Health founder Iris Frye discuss why convenience helps drive engagement – and virtual care is no exception.

A nationwide telemedicine initiative to provide teleconsultations to the whole population of Pakistan provided an opportunity to drive adoption of technology during the pandemic, says Digital Care CEO Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed.

Telehealth Connection TV: Dr. Sophia Yen, CEO of Pandia Health, discusses the advantages of – and hurdles to – providing contraception virtually.

Notal Vision CEO Kester Nahen discusses remote diagnostic eye care and its future.

Dr. Joe Kvedar, senior advisor of virtual care at Mass General Brigham, discusses the future of telehealth as the population ages.

Telemedicine and the different care paradigm it enables help nurses minimize stress and the burnout it can cause, says Laura Jonsson, a nurse practitioner and Matrix Medical Network's chief clinical officer.

This week's top stories include Under Armour divesting itself of two-thirds of a fitness app portfolio it spent big on in 2015, HHS unveiling its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and CMS approving a Georgia waiver for a non-ACA marketplace.

Telehealth Connection TV: Virtual care tools enable providers at Northwell Health to connect with senior patients in their homes, says Dr. Karen Abrashkin, medical director of the healthcare provider's House Calls program.

Telehealth Connection TV: Dr. Danielle Hairston, psychiatry residency training director at Howard University College of Medicine, says virtual care isn't perfect, but its accessibility is an advantage.