How a Chief Product Officer Can Address Healthcare’s Technology Gap
Healthcare has long sought to use technology to improve clinical care, starting with the EHR and now embracing the AI movement, but all too often that technology has thrown up a barrier between patients and their care teams.
Study: Telehealth Isn’t Just a Niche Solution
A new study out of the University of Utah, with support from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, finds that nearly half of all telehealth visits across the country for Medicare patients is for something other than a behavioral health concern.
Inpatient RPM Comes Into Focus at UT Health San Antonio
UT Health San Antonio, which partnered with digital health company Nesa on the RPM platform, mapped out all the workflows in advance and visited other health systems to gain a better understanding of what it would take to equip every patient room in the new hospital with the right technology.
Providence’s CIO Looks for Humanity in Healthcare Innovation
Goswami sees today’s tech trends, from AI to virtual care to digital health, as having the potential to bring humanity back to healthcare. But these new tools have to work for both patients and providers, bringing them face-to-face rather than shunting them onto different pathways.
NCQA Chief to Tech Execs: Invest More in Primary Care
Peggy O’Kane, who is retiring from the National Committee on Quality Assurance at the end of this year, says innovation and technology should be used to support the primary care provider, but too often is being deployed to siphon away services or give consumers other platforms to access care.
Providers Get Good News on Hospital at Home, Telemedicine Prescription Waivers
Advocates hailed the move as proof that the program, which enables health systems and hospitals to provide hospital-level care at home through platforms that include in-person visits, digital health and virtual care, is proving its value.
Study: Virtual Care Visits Dropped During the Shutdown
In a FAQ issued earlier this month, CMS has affirmed that it will reimburse providers for telehealth services used during the shutdown, which lasted from October 1 through November 13.
Behind Houston Methodist’s 3-Year Road Plan for Healthcare Transformation
Cypress Hospital, which opened this past March, is the latest example in a long list of innovative ideas for Houston Methodist, one of the top health systems in the country for understanding where healthcare is going.
Healthcare Leaders Are Hamstrung by On-Again Off-Again Telehealth Waivers
The CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waivers, launched in 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic, expired at the end of September, but were revived in last week’s Congressional action to reopen the federal government.
The (Continuing) Evolution of the Hospital at Home Strategy
The CMS concept had more than its share of skeptics. Some criticized the complexity of the model, and the many rules tied to qualifying for Medicare reimbursement. Others questioned the disruption to patients and their families, amid the idea that providers were looking to recreate the hospital room in the home rather than develop a home-based hospital care program.