HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum, hosted by MobiHealthNews executive editor Jessica Hagen, brought together thought leaders, innovators and clinicians to discuss the latest trends in remote care delivery.
Highlights included Penni Kyte, digital care strategy officer at Ballad Health, discussing how the Tennessee-based organization used the example set by air traffic controllers to break...
Nuance Communications, a Microsoft company, announced today that WellSpan Health, an integrated healthcare system based in Pennsylvania, will be adding Nuance’s Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) to its group of patient experience-centered solutions.
DAX is a solution that automates and accelerates the creation of clinical documentation during exam room and telehealth visits for immediate entry...
Celo Health, an Auckland-based provider of a mobile messaging platform for healthcare organisations, has entered the United States market. It has set up headquarters in Seattle early in the year.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press release, Celo Health offers a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform that enables seamless and secure collaboration among healthcare teams. It can also integrate with...
In our final Workforce Re-entry companion podcast, HIMSSCast welcomes Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare to discuss the cybersecurity risks and challenges created by telehealth and other teleconferencing accomplishments in healthcare.
This podcast is brought to you by Zoom.
Talking points:
ChristianaCare’s preparation for the pandemic.
Steps to take to secure virtual communications....
As healthcare organizations continue to navigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they face a new operating reality. Labor displacement, financial uncertainty and new production demands have disrupted day-to-day operations.
Healthcare providers, payers and life sciences are seeking technology to help improve workforce productivity. The search has boosted tailwinds for the adoption of...
Innovation is a hot buzzword in healthcare, and digital health investment is booming. But how can the industry create successful tools that are actually useful for patients?
”There’s an opportunity here to both succeed and to fail,” said Molly Woodriff, MPH, senior product manager at NYU Langone Health, during her presentation at HIMSS21: "Design thinking is something that can really increase...
Phreesia, a digital health startup focused on the scheduling space, is looking to tackle the appointment no-show problem with a new tool called Appointment Accelerator, which is able to automatically fill canceled appointments.
The way it works is, the company's AI and custom-rules engine-backed product is able to send patients with appointments scheduled weeks or months away, offering them an...
For many health systems, the transition to virtual care during the pandemic was like night and day. Before COVID-19 hit, they delivered most of their care, if not all of it, in person. Within a matter of days into the public health emergency, that all changed.
That was not the case, however, for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at...
