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Westchester Medical Center added strength to its 10-hospital system by creating redundancy in cross-coverage by physicians and specific COVID-19 workflows, claim Medical Director Corey Scurlock and Caregility's Wendy Deibert.
Invalidating the federal healthcare law would result in 20 million or more uninsured – a bad outcome for many as COVID-19 is surging across the country.
Prospective analytics must include business continuity scenarios that can be upended 180 degrees, says Peyman Zand, VP of CereCore.
The pandemic has forced the adoption of telehealth and other technologies that already existed, says Cam Deemer, president of DrFirst.
Now that the virtual health platform is mainstream, future efforts will likely focus on the disparity in numbers between patients and providers.
The front door needs to be easy to open and extend beyond the system's website to search engines and guided interactions like text and chat, say Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer at Kyruus, and AVIA VP Sonia Singh.
The experience has made fans of patients who love virtual visits as more convenient, time-saving and equal to in-person care, says Dr. Chris Hobson, CMO for Orion Health.
The Department of Health and Human Services will be whittling down vaccine candidates over the next several months; in the meantime, there’s always remote care.
(Sponsored) Healthcare providers need to rethink how they will provide services to patients — and telehealth is a means to expand those services during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.
The age of smartphone-enabled virtual care and remote monitoring has arrived, says Dr. Nohr of the Canadian Medical Association, who previews his upcoming HIMSS webinar exploring “person-enabled” healthcare during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
Shawn Morris, CEO of Privia Health, discusses how doctors are racing to adapt to new technologies in order to care for patients remotely.
VR researcher and advocate Dr. Robert Louis gives HIMSS Media insight on the current state of VR in healthcare, and how the virus has impacted his hospital's rollout of the technology.