Virtual Care Technologies to Support Aging in Place
Older adults increasingly want to age in their homes, and virtual care technologies, like telehealth and wearables, are crucial to enabling this.
Walgreens Launches Virtual Health Care Starting At $33
Walgreens has entered the telehealth space with a plan that let’s you chat with a doctor or nurse for $33 or have a virtual visit starting at $36.
Building a hospital without walls – Q&A with Karolinska University Hospital
Remote patient monitoring has experienced a surge in adoption in recent years, extending healthcare beyond the walls of the hospital.
EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study
Informatics researchers from UCSF found that, both during and outside of scheduled hours, an uptick in telehealth use required ambulatory physicians to spend more time working in the electronic health record.
Understanding the Role of Chatbots in Virtual Care Delivery
Chatbots are a significant virtual care resource, with use cases ranging from triage to mental healthcare, but there are risks related to their growing use.
Patient outcomes point to efficacy of telehealth and virtual care
A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that “ongoing telemedicine use is fairly effective in having limited return office visits, low emergency visit rates, and very low hospitalization rates compared to office visits.”
GNC Expands into Virtual Healthcare with GNC Health
Expanding to include Basic, Plus, and Premier tiers, GNC Health now offers individuals and families low cost, accessible, and convenient virtual healthcare for urgent conditions, primary care appointments, mental health, physical therapy, $0 prescription medications, and more
The future of health care is digital
Nari Gopala, Kaiser Permanente’s chief digital officer, answers 3 questions about how we’re giving members better, easier ways to get and manage their care.
Walmart Expands Virtual Health Care Benefits, Increasing Access for Associates to Quality Providers Across the Country
Delivering on the company’s save money, live better purpose, Walmart’s innovative journey of redefining health care removes barriers of cost and time
Is the healthcare industry selling telemedicine short?
Telehealth should not be viewed as a technology first – it should be looked upon as a workflow solution and driver of unused capacity, says a healthcare consultant with new virtual care survey results.