Telehealth

On Day 2 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, our roving reporters and thought leaders deliver news and views from the show floor.

The COVID-19 pandemic inspired Stanford to upgrade and update its technology and workflows to allow for telehealth at the bedside.

Benjamin C. Gonzales, operations manager of virtual care for behavioral health at Geisinger, discusses ensuring patients have the appropriate providers by using a data-driven care-navigation workflow.

Telemedicine technologies are aiding essential prehospital management of EMS patients, according to Houston Fire Department Associate Medical Director Michael Gonzalez.

OCR is continuing to support telehealth use by providing a transition period for providers to make changes to their operations, says director.

At HIMSS23, Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, an otolaryngologist and AMA Board of Trustees member, will speak on the ways technology can grant access to improve equity in healthcare.  

Telehealth as an accepted benefit ends with the PHE, though there have been some legislative attempts around this, says MGMA.

Telemedicine can help deliver healthcare to the underserved, according to Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health, an FQHC.  

Joe Drygas, VP of healthcare for AT&T Business, and Randy Bush, principal at Deloitte Consulting, will join HIMSS23 to talk about advanced connectivity and healthcare.

The executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, Barbara Rothbaum, talks about how technology and traditional therapy join to help post-911 veterans in this two-week program.