The healthcare landscape is changing. External forces, such as the pandemic, are behind some of that change, but so are digital health leaders pushing for improved care delivery, equity and patient outcomes.
Change in digital health comes in different forms. Driven by patient requests for on-demand access to care, clinician shortages and the growing collection of patient data, developments around...
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Microsoft has publicly released Windows 11 — the successor to Windows 10. However, responsible organizations shouldn’t upgrade blindly. That’s especially true in healthcare —where it's important to ensure that IT upgrades don't have a negative impact on clinician workflows and care delivery.
Unfamiliarity with a new OS is a legitimate concern as administrators, clinicians and support staff have grown accustomed to older...
Telehealth can increase access to care, which is especially valuable in pediatrics where traditional appointments may require parents to take off work and children to miss school.
At the American Telemedicine Association’s ATA2022 conference in Boston, pediatric specialists discussed ways in which telehealth has benefited pediatric care and how the modality could be improved, in panel sessions titled “Telehealth in...
Physician burnout costs the U.S. healthcare industry an estimated $4.6 billion a year, and 34 percent of nurses plan to leave their current role by the end of 2022. In addition to staff shortages, clinicians increasingly must spend time outside of working hours going through their inboxes and filling out documentation, all of which contributes to burnout.
As healthcare systems...
Microsoft officially released Windows 11 in October 2021, and all devices that are eligible for an upgrade to the new operating system will be offered an upgrade by the middle of this year.
The latest version of the OS comes with a range of new features focused on productivity, multitasking and collaboration — all of which may be of interest...
Reimbursement uncertainty, lack of care access, growing consumerism in healthcare and clinician burnout are some of the concerns on the minds of healthcare leaders as they ponder the future of virtual care. Adoption of telehealth and other virtual care solutions such as remote patient monitoring and virtual ICUs increased dramatically at the start of the pandemic, but as the...
“The pandemic brought opportunities and long-standing problems to the surface,” said Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) in her address welcoming attendees to ATA2022 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Lack of access, disparities in care delivery, confusion around regulations and burnout are just some of the problems that have been highlighted over the past two...
On April 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for an additional 90 days, which also extended the use of telehealth waivers. However, it’s still unclear whether policy changes will be enacted to support telehealth’s long-term use before the emergency ends. However, many healthcare professionals are advocating for policy to avoid...
