Virtual Care and Virtual Reality (VR)
The American Hospital Association (AHA) offers resources for leaders of hospitals and health systems on the use of virtual care and virtual reality (VR) devices to improve quality of care and access to care.
Morgan Health, JPMorgan Chase’s health care venture arm, has been busy making good on its pledge to invest $250 million in health care startups to help reshape health care. The company recently invested $20 million in LetsGetChecked, which offers at-home diagnostic and genetic testing, virtual…
Robert Pearl, M.D., CEO of Kaiser Permanente Medical Group from 1999 to 2017, and Brian Wayling, executive director of telehealth services at Intermountain Healthcare, another pioneering telehealth organization, argue in a recent Harvard Business Review report that the telehealth era is just…
The recent news that CVS Health plans to bid for Signify Health, a value-based care analytics company that helps payers, employers and providers with in-home care, is the latest case of companies’ focusing on advancing their primary care reach and in-home care services while bulking up their…
Using a mobile-first approach to improve patient-provider communication. The digital front door is a shift toward a new and dynamic way of managing the patient experience.
The metaverse has two primary functions, according to Accenture leaders in the report “Accenture Digital Health Technology Vision 2022.” The first is internet of place, which enables users to move beyond browsing to inhabiting and/or participating in a shared experience that spans from the real…
Four leaders of clinical transformation, innovation and marketing from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School recently shared a blueprint in the Harvard Business Review.
Consumer experiences are far from consistent as they use virtual care, symptom checkers, chatbots, provider search apps, online scheduling and myriad other tools and apps.
Virtual reality technology could be poised for much wider application in areas like surgical training, helping patients manage chronic pain and obtain mental health support.
A digital twin is a virtual model designed to accurately reflect a physical object. Digital twins use technologies like the internet of things, data streaming, 5G, etc., to gather, visualize and contextualize data from across physical assets, bridging operations and digital capabilities, and…
It may be a brief snapshot in time, but second-quarter global venture capital investments in digital health startups provided another illustration of where many financiers believe the field is headed. Global investor support for artificial intelligence in health care set a record in both deals and…