This narative challenges readers to discuss a diagnosis of a suspicious lesion during a telemedicine consultation in the era of COVID-19....

By OFIRA ZLOTO, NICOLA DUNLOP

Introduction Patient portals are the “front door” to telehealth - online scheduling, video visit links, and digital after visit summaries are often conveyed via the patient portal. Patient portal tools often require similar patient skills and attitudes as telehealth adoption. Analyzing patients’ perceptions and beliefs around this...

By MATTHEW SAKUMOTO, JIANCHENG YE, RICHARD KALU, KATHRYN L JACKSON, SARAH RITTNER, TIMOTHY LONG, MITA SANGHAVI GOEL, THERESA L WALUNAS

Objective Well-child visits and immunizations among children in the U.S. declined at the pandemic’s onset and vulnerable populations have been disproportionately affected. This pilot projects tested an innovative mechanism to use chatbots to engage caregivers in evidence-based preventive care for children.   Design  We used art...

By NIVEDITA MOHANTY

Background: Digital health tools to bridge gaps in managing infectious pandemics was a proposition grounded until recently more in the hypothetical than in reality. The last two years have exposed the extraordinary global need for robust digital solutions. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the ability of remote patient monitor...

By CHRISTOPHER MARCH, BS, KIMBERLY GANDY, MD, PHD, JOS DOMEN, PHD, SAYYED HAMIDI, MD, MBA, MPH, RYAN CHEN, BS, PAUL BARACH, MD, MPH, ANTHONY SZEMA, MD

The capabilities of and interest in artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, and more specifically, population health, has grown exponentially over the past decade. The vast volume of digital data or “big data” in the form of images generated by an aging population, with an ever-increasing demand for imaging, amassed by radiology dep...

By ALEXIS KUREK, DAVID LANGHOLZ, AIESHA AHMED