Telehealth

At Ohio-based Harbor, telemedicine services are up 564% compared with 2019. From March to August this year, the provider treated 15,259 patients via remote consult with help from its Lighthouse Telehealth subsidiary.

In the debut episode of Telehealth Connection TV, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden shares why it's important to safeguard telehealth and what he hopes to see in the future from digital health innovators.

Darine Ghanem, global head of personalized healthcare and patient access, global medical affairs, at Roche, discusses the need for digitalization of care across the patient journey and how her company is supporting the sector using digital technology.

Piotr Orzechowski, CEO at Infermedica, says the increased adoption of technology such as telemedicine has helped open up innovation opportunities.

The American Telemedicine Association's comments focused on expanding telehealth access, changes to remote monitoring services, and the provision of telehealth in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.  

Too much media exposure can be overwhelming and lead to more stress, worry and perceived risks, authors say.

Dr. Pam Hoffman, medical director of telehealth services at Yale New Haven Health Services and Yale Medicine, says telehealth became a service that required a "clinical champion" to a necessary part of the health system's offerings.

In addition to the patient care benefits, integration of virtual technology in mental healthcare can boost cost savings and efficiency.

Apple Watch's sleep tracking feature is not just tracking: Apple has designed a whole sleep experience, as HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock found out.

Solution expands access to on-demand mental health coaching, virtual therapy and virtual psychiatry.