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Investments in workforce, integrated technologies will broaden and strengthen care in rural areas, says Anna Basevich, SVP at Arcadia.
Follow-up appointments, transitional care when there’s the risk of readmission, benefit patients and can be done by telehealth, says Dr. Matthew Thompson, an ER physician and the CEO and cofounder of Telescope Health.
Surprisingly, researchers found no correlation between department closures and negative outcomes for patients driving greater distances, says Martin Gaynor, professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.
Tom Gillette, CIO of non-profit Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, says artificial intelligence tools raise health equity and support more personalized care in South Florida and Dade County where 60% of the residents speak Spanish.