Cedars-Sinai expands virtual care offering to children, Spanish speakers
The health system’s expanded app, Cedars-Sinai Connect, will allow parents and Spanish-speaking adults to access 24/7 on-demand care.
The new frontier of healthcare: Bringing hospital care home
This trend is growing because advances in technology and patient preference are driving the hospital-at-home movement.
Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules
Citing compliance strains on providers and others, and the need to maintain patient care continuity, more than 200 virtual care stakeholders urged the agency to release its regulatory scheme for the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth.
How rural America is shaping the future of healthcare
What some call flyover country, I call America’s heartland. It’s the part of the map between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes, in states with more cows than people and roads you can drive for an hour without seeing a gas station.
Models adjusting for geography show racial gaps in telehealth use
Unadjusted research models show high telehealth use among minority race groups during the pandemic, but models that adjust for geography reveal the opposite.
Female, chronically ill patients more likely to use telehealth
Over 40 percent of patients used telehealth in 2022, but certain groups are more likely to use the care modality than others, new research reveals.
Driving the Future of Health
Since 2010, there has been over $100 billion of venture funding invested in digital health companies. Yet despite this growth and the desire from patients and physicians for progress to continue, the health care system still struggles to address the ongoing health care challenges of access, quality, outcomes, affordability and equity, even with the introduction of new digital health tools.
Telehealth in care deserts: Helping to overcome barriers created by location, costs, or social stigma
Both patients and professionals are becoming more comfortable with virtual care, helping improve outcomes when access to traditional, in-person care is inconsistent.
Virtual agents, chatbots can improve care delivery, but trust is critical
Experts emphasized the value of proactive approaches, meaningful interactions and seamless connections to human support while using AI-enabled chatbots in healthcare.
Your health in your hands: the empowering effect of virtual care
The COVID-19 pandemic gave a boost to the virtual world, with many people realizing that they can not only work remotely, but also receive education and health care services by distance.