Policy and Legislation
Diameter Health's John D'Amore discusses how interoperability is happening at scale today in the U.S. and what the future will bring.
This week's top stories include the Trump administration challenging the Affordable Care Act, a push for permanent telehealth reform and lululemon buying in-home workout platform Mirror.
Technology issues for interoperability are more of a cultural than a deployment challenge, explain Lyniate Chief Product and Strategy Officer Drew Ivan and Life Image CEO Matthew Michela.
Brightree VP Nick Knowlton says the pandemic's long-term impact on acute and post-acute care is more detailed documentation and a greater emphasis on event notification services to track care progression.
Omar Fikree, vice president at Mubadala Investment Company, is working toward collaborating with a number of reputable regulators to shape digital health.
International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) Board Member Rajendra Pratap Gupta says that the future will see the rise of fitness wearables along with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree.
The Dubai Health Authority's Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh, says the drive toward leveraging telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience.
Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, talks about how the country's citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare, which helps in building and maintaining trust between stakeholders.
Hassan Chaudhury, digital health specialist at Healthcare UK, saying there needs to be a "bold response" to future challenges, discusses the creation of the "NHS Long Term Plan" and NHSX.
Dr. Meredith Makeham, chief medical adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency, says providing the healthcare workforce with resources to understand technology to deliver better care is an integral part of the national digital health strategy.