Enhanced Telemedicine in a Mobile Integrated Health Program to Improve Healthcare Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, primary care and specialist visits declined. During the pandemic, Baltimore City Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) continued with targeted home visits among complex patients to help reduce hospital readmission rates. Many provider offices and specialists were close...
Improving Electronic Patient Portal Use in Groups with Low Utilization at a Family Medicine Practice
Electronic patient portals benefit health outcomes; yet, they are underutilized in certain patient sub-populations including adolescents, adults over age 65, racial/ethnic minorities, and non-English-speaking patients.
Bold New Digital Health Technology Inspires Youth Toward a Bold New Future
A look at two cases that illustrate bold uses of technology to improve nutritional health and expand access to surgical care.
Redesigning Care Models for the Future of Population Health
The HIMSS Physician Committee asked a handful of healthcare leaders questions about the future of population health.
Industry Perspectives: Public Health Data
The final installment of our Industry Perspective Series focuses on public health data and the trust, or lack thereof, that is necessary for continued innovation in this space.
Remote Patient Monitoring 101 for LTPAC
In the wake of the pandemic, telehealth quickly became an integral part of care delivery by increasing access to care. This proved to be just as effective as in-person care for many diagnoses, especially with supportive legislation providing waivers and reimbursement changes.
Nurses Month Industry Perspectives: Nurse Informaticists Make a Difference
To impact digital health, nursing informaticists are leveraging healthcare technology innovations across all spectrums of healthcare, including the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Future of Nursing: Nursing Informatics Industry Perspectives
We connected with four nursing informaticists to get their perspectives on the barriers and challenges the workforce is experiencing.
Nursing Impact on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Part 1
According to the report, growing evidence supports an association between inequities in both health and access to healthcare, and social determinants of health (SDOH).
Building Stronger Communities Through Connected Care
The world is in urgent need of digital health transformation in community care. That’s because the majority of people in the world seek care in their communities which offer a range of care choices outside of the hospital.
How Can Technology Help Address the Nursing Shortage?
Nancy Beale, Ph.D., MSN, R.N.-B.C., president of Telemetrix, discusses the ebbs and flow of the nursing shortage in the United States.
Applying RTLS Technology to Improve Nurse Efficiency and Patient Care
Providing better patient care is a national imperative in the United States, and nurses play a critical role in this equation.