Telehealth
Omar Fikree, vice president at Mubadala Investment Company, is working toward collaborating with a number of reputable regulators to shape digital health.
Faster internet speeds, better tech and avoiding other potentially sick patients is pushing investors to pump money into the remote-care space.
Deploying telehealth will improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of Saudi Arabia, says Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA.
Dr. Khatoon Shubbar, who is with Bahrain's ministry of health, says telemedicine has many challenges including access and workforce, but is being deployed in the country to help reduce the burden on secondary care.
Text messaging may be helpful for reinforcing certain health behaviors, such as smoking cessation during pregnancy.
The Houston ENT & Allergy Clinic not only saved $1.8 million by slashing its no-show rates, but also gained an additional $500,000 in annual revenue by increasing its referral conversion by 35%.
When opioid dependent patients are on medication-assisted treatments, health-related costs decrease by $20,000 annually, according to Bright Heart Health.
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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.