Telehealth

Medicare, through CPT code development, sets the lead for how digital health gets paid, says Brian Scarpelli, executive director of the Connected Health Initiative.

While the acquisition is a boon for the new startup, Bright Health hopes the sale will bolster its uncertain financial position.

IT, telehealth, clinical decision support, wellness tools and diagnostics all fall into the same category, says Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. Digital therapeutics consist of software as a direct intervention to treat, manage or prevent medical conditions.

Bronwyn Spira is CEO and cofounder of Force Therapeutics, a digital care management platform for musculoskeletal conditions.

Anna Schoenbaum, VP of information services applications at Penn Medicine, said recent regulatory changes will improve the reach of technology in improving health outcomes.  

Out of the improper payments, $348 million were for telehealth-based psychotherapy services.

Toby Eadelman, CTO at AvaSure, cites the statistic while discussing how virtual nursing and virtual sitting are being used to alleviate workforce shortages and to prevent adverse events.  

Mike Brandofino, COO and president of Caregility, explains how AI connects platforms to build hybrid care.

Iris Telehealth Chief Marketing Officer Dan Ferris talks about the lack of behavioral health providers and the ways telehealth can assist patients in underserved regions.

Clinical informatics fellow at UI Health and member of the HIMSS Physician Committee Dr. Anwar Jebran discusses the advantages of hospital-at-home in the U.S. and bettering clinical informatics for the MENA region.