By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | June 12, 2019 The American Medical Association is throwing its support behind two telemedicine models that aim to improve provider education and patient access to care in rural and underserved parts of the country. During its Annual Meeting this week, the AMA adopted a [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | June 7, 2019 Today’s health system isn’t built to treat patients with chronic diseases, yet 86 percent of our healthcare expenses go toward chronic care management. Telehealth can change that, and can better prepare providers to deal with what has become an epidemic. To [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | May 29, 2019 With virus outbreaks showing up more often in the daily newsfeed and antibiotic stewardship a growing concern, healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to make sure they have on-demand access to infectious disease specialists. “Disease care today is much more complicated [...]
The Medical Futurist | May 23, 2019 Could a chatbot, an online community, or a telepsychiatry solution offer meaningful help for people who are fighting mental health issues? Could virtual reality, artificial intelligence, or genetics appear as elements of assistance in the toolkit of medical professionals in the fields dealing [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | May 22, 2019 The Boston-based Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has attracted a strong array of telehealth and mHealth executives as it moves to define digital medicine and create evidence-based standards. A newly formed non-profit in the mHealth and telehealth ecosystem aims to support “the [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | May 17, 2019 A new group focused on the integration of AI in healthcare is taking a hard look at how the technology crosses paths with telehealth and telemedicine. The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Robotics in Healthcare(PATH), launched earlier this year by [...]
