Delve into the current state of prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) adoption and uncover strategies for increasing payer approval and achieving widespread coverage of PDTs.
Telemedicine works well with diabetes because it is a condition that works with a lot of numbers and data, and physicians can look at that data remotely rather than requiring a face-to-face visit, explained David Brumley, MD, MBA, senior medical director at Tufts Health Plan.
In order to provide care to people with behavioral health issues early, in the primary care setting, Carolinas HealthCare System set up a virtual behavioral health provider team that can provide care to the 200 primary care offices and roughly 800,000 people in need that are part of the system, explained John Santopietro, chief clinical officer of behavioral health at Carolinas HealthCare System.
How doctors are using telemedicine to help relieve the desperate situation in war-torn Syria.
Efficiencies that could be gained in healthcare information exchange present emerging opportunities to close discrepancies between evidence-based recommendations or best practices and the care that is actually delivered.
At the spring live meeting of the ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition in Scottsdale, Arizona, attendees heard presentations and participated in workshops that discussed better integration of care, improved use of technology, and the future of healthcare and the Affordable Care Act.
With an increased interest in transitioning to a Learning Health Care System, there is an urgency to understand the ethical implications associated with the transition.
