Telehealth tools can enable faster access to care, help emergency clinicians make decisions at the bedside to reduce unnecessary admissions and length of stay, thereby saving money, according to Anton Arbatov, senior director SOC Telemed.

Brian de Francesca, CEO of Ver2 Digital Medicine, talks about how telemedicine has evolved and efforts to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based electronic health record that was built on blockchain.

Likening the ongoing epidemic to cigarette smoking before cessation programs, Ochsner CMIO Dr. Todd Burstain says society as a whole must address this public health issue by creating tools patients need.

MDLive CEO Rich Berner discusses how doctors and patients alike can benefit from conducting visits on their own time.

The tech has evolved to where virtual visits now include entire care teams in ways that aren't possible when clinicians are using phones, according to David McSwain, interim CMIO at Medical University of South Carolina.

Tammy Kwiatkoski, director of clinical informatics for the HIMSS Office of the CTIO, says advancements in healthcare technology are necessary, but they can’t take away the way of the human element.

(Sponsored) Video conferencing and mobile apps enable providers to offer patients more touchpoints to improve engagement, experience and outcomes at the same time.

Cloe Benz, senior physiotherapist at Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, describes the ways telehealth helps providers deliver better child care and treatment.

Jay Patel, Clinical Transformation Officer at Seniorlink, says comprehensive tools for aging populations are going to require broadband, IOT, cybersecurity and data aggregation among patients, family members and caregivers.

Coviu's PhysioROM telehealth platform allows physiotherapists to monitor their patients' range of motion in a standardized manner for improved reporting and analytics, says Coviu CEO Silvia Pfeiffer.

The Saudi Arabian government urges the industry to be transparent with the regulators, which enables regulations to be built around businesses and startups, says the Cura CEO Wael A. Kabli.

Patients living in rural areas and smaller cities have to travel to get to the healthcare they need, which makes telehealth more valuable, says Wael A. Kabli, CEO, Cura.