Virtual Care (266)

The nursing shortage is not going away and will require creative solutions such as virtual care, says Caregility Chief Nursing Officer Wendy Deibert.

Dr. Laura Purdy, a physician licensed in all 50 states and a telemedicine and digital health expert, talks helping medical professionals launch their digital healthcare businesses with the aim of making healthcare more accessible to all.

Kuldeep Singh Rajput, founder and CEO of Biofourmis, describes how delivery of care in the home will improve access and building personalized models unique to patients will boost health equity.

Lightbeam Health Solutions, with CareSignal tech, provides a population health platform that helps improve the quality while reducing the cost of care, Lightbeam President Jerry Shultz and CareSignal CEO Blake Marggraff point out.

Brian Scarpelli, executive director of the Connected Health Initiative, talks about advocating for changes to payers' policies to allow for meaningful reimbursement for digital health tools like telemedicine.

Dr. Brian Lein, DHA assistant director of healthcare administration, Bill Tinston, FEHRM director, and Holly Joers, PEO DHMS program executive officer, discuss military healthcare initiatives including the common EHR and virtual-first care.

The HIMSS Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (C-COMM) puts the patient at the center, helping providers build trust that will increase patient engagement, explains Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of Analytics at HIMSS.

Cybersecurity is a top concern for the HHS Office for Civil Rights, says Director Melanie Rainer, who describes how her office is helping providers understand and meet their security requirements.

Anna Schoenbaum, VP of information services applications at Penn Medicine, relates how technology can help improve health equity by improving care access and empowering patients to collect and transmit their own data via wearables.

Toby Eadelman, CTO at AvaSure, talks about the benefits of virtual nursing and virtual sitting to address labor-related challenges in the acute care hospital setting by allowing the monitoring of multiple patients remotely.

Dan Ferris, chief marketing officer at Iris Telehealth, discusses the behavioral health provider shortage and how telehealth could connect patients to care in underserved areas.

AI is connecting platforms and enhances hybrid care, says Mike Brandofino, COO and president of Caregility.