Telehealth

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.

Corey Scurlock, MD, Westchester Medical Center's medical director, and Wendy Deibert, VP of Clinical Solutions at Caregility, say COVID-19 brought to light the value of telehealth and no one wants to go back to a pre-telehealth world.

Cam Deemer, president of DrFirst, says the pandemic has forced the adoption of telehealth and other technologies that already existed.

COVID-19 has forced remote patient monitoring, an experience that many patients find as more convenient, time-saving and equal to in-person care, says Dr. Chris Hobson, CMO for Orion Health.

This week's top stories include the virtual health platform going mainstream despite more work needing to be done and sleep tracking coming to Apple Watch.

Doctors are racing to adapt to new technologies to be able to care for patients remotely, says Shawn Morris, CEO of Privia Health.

Dr. Carl Nohr of the Canadian Medical Association discusses the arrival of the age of smartphone-enabled virtual care and remote monitoring and previews his upcoming HIMSS webinar exploring "person-enabled" healthcare during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.