Virtual Care (266)

Sri Bharadwaj, vice president of digital innovation at the Franciscan Alliance, explains why the telehealth and digital health innovations that were accelerated during the pandemic are here to stay.

Telehealth can reach underserved communities, but there are barriers, including lack of coverage and consumer discomfort. A concerted effort is needed to increase its adoption and efficacy in a post-pandemic world.

Payers want to know how to change the experience to make access easy for beneficiaries, says Mary Langowski, CEO of Solera Health.

Matthew Fisher, general counsel at Carium, discusses some bedrock principles of patient privacy, advances in remote patient monitoring, CMS rules around non-physiologic data and how telehealth should fit into the continuum of care going forward.

Oak Street Health Regional Medical Director Dr. Laolu Fayanju joins Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich and host Jonah Comstock to discuss telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and choosing the right patients and use cases for virtual care.

Danielle Louder, program director at the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center, gives a brief overview of the state of telehealth reimbursement at the federal and state levels.

Healthcare attorney Aaron Maguregui discusses telehealth, HIPAA and patient privacy, and his projections for the post-COVID-19 world.

Amwell snaps up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health to further its behavioral health services, and the AMA raises concerns about rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations.

Dr. Danny Sands, chief medical officer at Medisafe, a medication management platform company, talks about the role of digital therapeutics in non-visit based care and participatory medicine.

Telehealth falls short, but it doesn't have to, claims Amy Sheon of the Telehealth Equity Coalition .

Representatives from Accenture, The Chartis Group, ZS and HIMSS give a sneak peek at what's to come at come at HIMSS21 and beyond.

Host Jonah Comstock and Dan Czech of KLAS walk through a checklist for telehealth software success.