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Harry Soza, president and CEO of CAREMINDr, discusses how remote monitoring is changing chronic care management.

Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO and founder of Biofourmis, talks about how remote monitoring tech can help reach patients at home and reduce contact with COVID-19 positive patients.

The 72-practice Community Care Physicians has used patient engagement tech to improve its no-show rate by 35% and send 776,000 COVID-related newsletters to patients, also reminding them of their telehealth appointments during the pandemic.

There will be a new way of living in a post-coronavirus world – but digital tools, including apps and telehealth, can help significantly as we continue to fight COVID-19.

Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses the rising need for digital tools under social distancing orders.

In this HIMSS TV Deep Dive, we show how health systems are leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, analytics and telehealth to manage patient populations – but are still staying focused on the basic building blocks of health and wellness.

Omar Fikree, vice president at Mubadala Investment Company, is working toward collaborating with a number of reputable regulators to map the digital future.

The future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

Kuwait wants to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders, which offers huge potential as the country moves towards a national EHR, says Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons.

Identifying and training physician champions while planning ahead are key factors in a successful EMR "go live," says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, KSA.

Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, says that deploying telehealth will improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country.

With the aim of empowering patients, ePrescriptions are a priority that is being worked on in parallel with a push for telemedicine, says Dr. Robin Ohannessian from the French Society of Digital Health.