Predictions on telemedicine and remote patient monitoring technologies and reimbursement for the year ahead from Brandi Clark, vice president, digital care, OSF OnCall, at Illinois health system OSF HealthCare.

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.

Artificial intelligence-driven cost estimation tools and telehealth are addressing patient care gaps and improving care access while lowering total costs for employee groups, says Robin Glass, president of Included Health.

Fakeeh Care Group CIO Dr Tamara Sunbul shares how hospitals can unlock virtual wards' potential to improve bed turnover.

MaineHealth has had much success in the field of telemedicine. Its medical director of telehealth and virtual care Dr. Tracy Jalbuena and its VP of telehealth and virtual care Lizzy Mulcahy offer detailed advice on expansion and patient involvement.

Asian Hospital and Medical Center CIO Franklin Vibar shares how the health system encourages doctors to use the EMR system.

Dr. Sarah Hoffe, interim chair of GI oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, shares how a virtual reality (VR) tool helped relieve a patient's anxiety about undergoing treatment by enabling him to experience a simulation of the procedure.

Dr. Galia Barkai, director general of Sheba Beyond, a virtual hospital affiliated with Israel's largest medical center, says the facility blends telemedicine with in-person visits to deliver hospital-quality care remotely.

Dr. Sy Saeed of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program talks about how the state's MOTHeRS Project has helped virtually connect high-risk pregnant women in rural areas to OB-GYN, mental health and diabetes care.

Amid labor shortages, Scott Wilson, AVP of HHS enterprise care solutions at Teladoc Health, says virtual platforms can help health systems optimize staffing and manage costs through virtual nursing and hospital at home programs.

Mental health providers quickly adopted telehealth during the pandemic. Now Dr. Colin Banas, DrFirst's chief medical officer, believes AI agents can assist these understaffed offices with triage and prescription management.

HIMSS Media executive editors discuss what they covered on the second day of HIMSS25, including EMRAM Stage 7 awards, the fate of telehealth and precision medicine.