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The editors of Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews discuss AI's value in 2025 in areas such as assisting with administrative tasks, drug discovery, documentation, precision medicine and imaging.
It's important that Congress take action on the telehealth and remote patient monitoring extensions from the pandemic that officially expire on December 31, says Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS.
KeyCare CMO Dr. Carrie Nelson discusses how virtual care can improve acute and chronic conditions while easing clinical workload and improving patient access, especially for seniors during winter.
Children's National Hospital, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Arcare and AbleTo are facilities practicing quality telemedicine and delivering care to underserved populations, says Dr. Shawn Griffin, president and CEO at URAC.
Zipline cofounder and CTO Keenan Wyrobek discusses how using long-range drones for prescription delivery and lab services as well as health-at-home programs support could reduce care costs and delays and improve patient experiences.
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Medweb's director of federal business Steven Osborne discusses the company's global teleradiology networks that operate out of remote locations with poor communications infrastructure.
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Zsolt Kulcsar, Lee Health's systems medical director of virtual health, discusses his team's upcoming AI chatbot, which will contact patients with unusual RPM biometric readings to determine if alerting a nurse is necessary.
Digital therapeutics can improve health equity by empowering patients to adhere to medication intake, says Tanisha Hill, founder and president of the Digital Health for Equitable Health Alliance. Still, the digital divide needs to be addressed.
Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, CEO and cofounder of Pelago, describes how the company partners with employers and health plans to control the costs of substance misuse disorders and the effectiveness of the virtual evidence-based treatment platform.