Telehealth

Yale New Haven Health Services Medical Director Dr. Pam Hoffman discusses how telehealth became a service that required a "clinical champion" to a necessary part of the health system's offerings.

Apple has included for the first time in its Apple Watch Series 6 a blood oxygenation sensor. In this video, HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock demonstrates how the new health tracking feature works.

This week's top stories include Apple and the VA working to get iPads into the hands of veterans, the latest Apple Watch measuring blood oxygen and a dip in the hospital CEO turnover rate.

The public can use search functions to find telehealth options, says Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer for Google Health.

Experts at FutureMed 2020 say remote care automation and predictive triage can help patients get the care they need safely and efficiently.

This week's top stories include two digital health titans merging under the Teladoc name, CMS proposing telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and dispatches from the Taskforce of Telehealth Policy's virtual town hall.

CEO Neil de Crescenzo says Change Healthcare, which has seen some big changes in the year since its IPO, says, has been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.

Dr. Michael Zaroukian, VP, CMIO and CTO of Sparrow Health, discusses why patient centeredness, financial incentives and a turnkey system are needed for telehealth to work.

This week's top stories include the Trump administration telling hospitals to bypass the CDC and submit COVID-19 data directly to HHS, while digital health startup Movano has its eyes on glucose testing.

HealthEC can identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to the coronavirus, says Senior Medical Directory Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger.