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Advocate Manages Hospital Stays and ED Visits
Learn how Advocate Aurora saw a significant decrease in hospital stays and ED visits by implementing remote patient monitoring with VitalTech.
Do Digital Diabetes Management Tools Deliver Intended Value?
Recent research from the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) panned many digital diabetes management tools for failing to provide meaningful clinical benefits while raising health care spending.
7 Innovative Devices from CES 2024 Could Reshape Patient Self-Care
The recent CES 2024 show (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) produced a number of health care-related, attention-getting devices. Some are not commercially available yet, but these products have the potential to help patients take greater control of their health.
Is Health Care on the Threshold of a Remote Patient-Monitoring Boom?
Brian W. Anthony, director of MIT’s master of engineering in manufacturing program and co-director of MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center, recently outlined in MedCity News key ways that remote patient monitoring could improve health care.
Will Employees Become Fitter and Share Wearable Device Data for $1,000 a Year?
A new UnitedHealthcare Rewards program will pay eligible plan members, including spouses, up to $1,000 a year for achieving various daily health goals and one-time activities when documented through wearable devices.
Combining Wearables and AI: A Value Play
A National Health Service pilot program underway in southeast England is using AI, a telehealth platform and a Wi-Fi-enabled armband to remotely monitor vital signs of recently discharged patients to analyze their data in real time in an effort to reduce readmissions.
4 Key Predictions for Health Care in 2023 and How to Respond
In 2023, provider organizations can expect significant evolutionary changes in how to optimize patient engagement, the ever-expanding role that retail clinics will play in care delivery and some upheaval in venture capital funding for health care startups.
How Wearable Cognitive Assistance Tools Could Reshape Care Delivery
Technology experts believe that applications that provide what’s known as wearable cognitive assistance (WCA) could significantly improve clinical processes and safety, and reduce costs. WCA includes headsets provided to surgeons with real-time medical anatomical visualizations, preoperative imaging, a procedural checklist and the patient’s medical history. These artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled devices can help health systems reduce the time to perform surgeries by as much as 30%.
5 Ways Apple Provider Partnerships Are Guiding Its Strategy
In a new report initiated by Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, Apple ties together its expansive devices and applications, its partnerships with hospitals and health systems and work with researchers.
Mayo Clinic Uses AI to Detect Weak Heart Pump via Apple Watch ECGs
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to identify left ventricular dysfunction (i.e., a weak heart pump) in most patients based on Apple Watch electrocardiogram data.