Patient Engagement
High school and college kids are feeling depressed, hopeless and even suicidal. Experts say they need access to mental healthcare on their terms – and virtual care fits the bill.
Healthcare organizations also want continuous monitoring and better inventory management from their remote patient monitoring systems.
Brent Lamm's work is at the center of a recent artificial intelligence explosion in healthcare, and he has a lot of first-hand knowledge and advice to share with his peers.
Nearly 4,000 medication-related text messages were exchanged between patients and Penny – and approximately 93% were accurately interpreted. Patient engagement for symptom assessment increased from 25% to 70%.
"Rise to Health is about making health equity actionable," says Dr. Kedar Mate.
New research found that experienced practice leaders most often cited visit-triage rules and telemedicine-specific staffing and scheduling protocols as two key areas most needed for telehealth implementation and maturation.
Through its virtual care and remote monitoring programs, University of Alabama at Birmingham has increased the census and case-mix index of rural hospitals, among other successes.
Also, MedSync launches a new video sharing feature.
That's for coronary artery bypass grafting patients at Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, compared with a national average of 2.5%. Remote patient monitoring also has reduced 30-day readmissions by 40%.
PatientsLikeMe is making outcomes data from 14,000 people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis available to the research community through its collaboration with the hospital's Neurological Clinical Research Institute.
