Telehealth

Dr. Michael Zaroukian, VP, CMIO and CTO of Sparrow Health, discusses why patient centeredness, financial incentives and a turnkey system are needed for telehealth to work.

This week's top stories include the Trump administration telling hospitals to bypass the CDC and submit COVID-19 data directly to HHS, while digital health startup Movano has its eyes on glucose testing.

HealthEC can identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to the coronavirus, says Senior Medical Directory Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger.

Corey Scurlock, MD, Westchester Medical Center's medical director, and Wendy Deibert, VP of Clinical Solutions at Caregility, say COVID-19 brought to light the value of telehealth and no one wants to go back to a pre-telehealth world.

Cam Deemer, president of DrFirst, says the pandemic has forced the adoption of telehealth and other technologies that already existed.

Launching as an app this summer, the Mulk E-Hospital will reportedly offer a range of healthcare services by over 2,000 medical specialists from around the world.

COVID-19 has forced remote patient monitoring, an experience that many patients find as more convenient, time-saving and equal to in-person care, says Dr. Chris Hobson, CMO for Orion Health.

This week's top stories include the virtual health platform going mainstream despite more work needing to be done and sleep tracking coming to Apple Watch.