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Although video visits and remote monitoring have garnered successes, the percentage of care being delivered virtually is still small, says Dr. Joe Kvedar, who identifies three startups who could change the game.
With more people requiring care and fewer professionals able to provide it, it’s time remote monitoring took center stage, says Dr. Joseph Kvedar, who talks about what adoption will mean for healthcare delivery, and how we got here.
As the CIO role continues to evolve, one of the most important aspects has become the ability to express the return on capital investments, says Jim Noga of Partners HealthCare.
Although standardization often has a negative connotation, it can actually help drive optimization and foster innovation across an organization – if done right, says CIO Jim Noga.
After spending the past five years putting in a “platform for clinical transformation and innovation” through the eCare initiative, Partners is shifting its focus to digital health, says CIO Jim Noga.
With a growing aging population, it’s becoming increasingly critical to leverage innovative technologies that can more effectively predict longevity and address the unique challenges these patients face, says Dr. Joe Kvedar.
It was a shared belief “a platform is needed that simplifies the sharing of app-based IT interventions across healthcare institutions” that brought a vendor and health system together. The rest is history – or, more likely, the future.
With the potential they’ve already shown, digital therapeutics can become a legitimate tool in the battle against chronic diseases. The challenge, says Dr. Joe Kvedar, will come in getting them into the mainstream.
When it comes to preferred communication channels, the evolution was a quick one. Physician adoption of mobile health will take longer, but there are interesting parallels, says Dr. Joe Kvedar of Connected Health.
Concerns about digital tools negatively impacting the physician-patient relationship linger, and it’s understandable, says Dr. Joe Kvedar. But if implemented the right way, technology can increase both access and convenience.
