connected care

The publicly listed firm continues its expansion into digital health.

The company has received additional seed funding to split off Centrik. 

Roy Jakobs, chief business leader of connected care at Royal Philips, discusses why data and workflows around patient care are at the heart of improving the patient journey, while reducing pressure on hospital systems.

The COVID-19 Telehealth Program and the Connected Care Pilot Program together are set to invest $300 million so that healthcare providers can reach the patients in greatest need of virtual-care services. 

John McDaniel, EVP at The HCI Group, sees healthcare changing from a physical to a virtual care environment that focuses primarily on patient satisfaction and engagement with a digital front door approach.

Dr. Meredith Makeham, chief medical adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency, says an integral part of Australia's digital health strategy is providing its healthcare workforce with resources to understand technology to deliver better care.

Peter Weston, healthcare sales manager at Hyland Healthcare, says the company's vendor-agnostic solutions address the problem of interoperability with existing or new systems.

Mark Jackson, VP at NantHealth, was at Health 2.0 looking for new opportunities to bring valuable cloud-based data to physicians at the point of care.

Data from apps, devices and digital therapeutics are enabling personal health dashboards that help track overall wellness and managing chronic conditions, says HIMSS Personal Connected Health Alliance Director of Thought Advisory John Sharp. 

A newly launched AI-powered dashboard helps monitor, track, treat and prevent hospital-acquired infections and improve patient health during hospital stays.