Telehealth
This week's top stories include two digital health titans merging under the Teladoc name, CMS proposing telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and dispatches from the Taskforce of Telehealth Policy's virtual town hall.
Barriers to adoption include hearing issues, lack of tech abilities and visual difficulties.
The collaboration will enhance remote care offering for home hospitalised patients.
Although the company's rapid growth has been fueled by COVID-19, new contracts and state-by-state trends have CEO Jason Gorevic confident that telehealth adoption is here to stay.
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Also, Liva Healthcare supports national weight loss service with LloydsPharmacy.
The system is aimed at helping first responders in emergency situations in order to improve treatment decisions.
CEO Neil de Crescenzo says Change Healthcare, which has seen some big changes in the year since its IPO, says, has been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.
Dr. Michael Zaroukian, VP, CMIO and CTO of Sparrow Health, discusses why patient centeredness, financial incentives and a turnkey system are needed for telehealth to work.
This week's top stories include the Trump administration telling hospitals to bypass the CDC and submit COVID-19 data directly to HHS, while digital health startup Movano has its eyes on glucose testing.
HealthEC can identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to the coronavirus, says Senior Medical Directory Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger.