Real-Time Patient-Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care

Real-Time Patient-Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care

Telemedicine by means of video visits can increase patient access to care, but there is little evidence about broad integration of video visits into existing clinical care, particularly for primary care.1,2 In an integrated... read more

Trends in Visits to Acute Care Venues for Treatment of Low-Acuity Conditions

Trends in Visits to Acute Care Venues for Treatment of Low-Acuity Conditions

From 2008 to 2015, total acute care utilization for the treatment of low-acuity conditions and associated spending per member in the United States increased, and utilization of non-ED acute care venues increased rapidly.... read more

The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points

The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points

Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and is continuing to do so, with associated changes in multiple areas, including hospital structure and function. Here we describe in 10 points our vision of some of the ways... read more

A Digital Revolution in Health Care is Speeding Up

A Digital Revolution in Health Care is Speeding Up

Telemedicine, predictive diagnostics, wearable sensors and a host of new apps will transform how people manage their health. In the longer term, the biggest upheaval may come from the large technology firms. Amazon and Google... read more

The Digital Capital of the World, Where Patients OWN Their Medical Data

The Digital Capital of the World, Where Patients OWN Their Medical Data

E-ambulance is keyed onto X-Road, and allows paramedics to access patients' medical records, meaning that the team that arrives for your chest pains will have access to your latest cardiology report and E.C.G. Since 2011,... read more

ICU Telemedicine Program Financial Outcomes

ICU Telemedicine Program Financial Outcomes

The ability of properly modified ICU telemedicine programs to increase case volume and access to high-quality critical care with improved annual direct contribution margins suggests that there is a financial argument to encourage... read more

Telehealth more popular for scheduled and patient-focused visits

Telehealth more popular for scheduled and patient-focused visits

New report from CHIME and KLAS virtual care platforms are finding favor for scheduled and patient-focused visits, on-demand and consumer-focused meetings and telespecialty consults. Despite ongoing questions about reimbursement... read more

Virtual Hospital Monitors Patients at Eight Facilities

In a bunker-like former bank office near Tacoma' Hilltop neighborhood, 200 nurses, physicians and other health care staff spend their days treating scores of hospital patients they never meet using webcams, two-way speakers... read more

Impact of Telemedicine Monitoring of Community ICUs on Interhospital Transfers

Impact of Telemedicine Monitoring of Community ICUs on Interhospital Transfers

In a regional healthcare system, implementation of a tele-ICU program is associated with an increase in interhospital transfers from less resourced ICUs to the referral center, a trend that is not readily explained by increased... read more

New Telestroke Guidelines by American Telemedicine Association

New Telestroke Guidelines by American Telemedicine Association

These new telestroke guidelines were developed to assist practitioners in providing assessment, diagnosis, management, and/or remote consultative support to patients exhibiting symptoms and signs consistent with an acute... read more

Use of Patient-Generated Wound Data to Improve Postdischarge SSI Monitoring

Use of Patient-Generated Wound Data to Improve Postdischarge SSI Monitoring

The use of mobile health (mHealth) to convey patient-generated health data (PGHD) offers new enhancements and challenges to the provision of surgical care. The Mobile Post-Operative Wound Evaluator (mPOWEr) is a patient-centered... read more

Emory Healthcare leverages Philips eICU platform to save $4.6 million

Emory Healthcare leverages Philips eICU platform to save $4.6 million

Emory Healthcare used Philips' technology for an eICU program, resulting in massive savings, lowered readmission rates and more. Emory's story began in 2010 and 2011, when team members saw tele-ICUs based on platforms... read more

Telemedicine and e-Health

Telemedicine and e-Health

Telemedicine-Assisted Intubation in Rural Emergency Departments: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study. Intubation in rural emergency departments (EDs) is a high-risk procedure, often with little or no specialty support.... read more

CHS using virtual critical care for heart patients

CHS using virtual critical care for heart patients

It just might be the future of medicine. Using cameras, microphones and medical sensors, heart surgeons and cardiologists inside the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute at Carolinas HealthCare System are treating patients... read more