Undermining the credibility of science and government officials, massive variation for Big Tech companies and policies across countries, and fractioning within the medical community. How do we educate the public to keep science and politics separate? What are the strategies and tactics to employ – and how fast can we move to tactical deployme...

By Barach Paul, Rami Farraj, Walter Ricchardi, Eyal Zimlichamn

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

Dr. Bailey discusses the evolving role physicians play in healthcare related to policy and technology including telehealth and remote care. Biography Dr. Bailey is a distinguished allergist/immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, is immediate past president of the American Medical Association. A fierce advocate for physician autonomy and private pra...

By Bailey Susan

Learn how the market for virtual care has evolved, what the greatest challenges are to expansion and scale, and what can help the development of virtual care solutions in markets around the globe....

By Liz Ashall-Payne, Adam Chee, Jefferson Fernandes, Marcus Osborne

Can EU initiatives inform US policy makers? The German Digital Healthcare Act is one of the first countries to reimburse digital healthcare solutions for patients. Doctors prescribe selected apps covered by public insurance, covering about 73 million citizens. What’s the selection process and cost? Learn more about EU health data governa...

By Micaela Seemann Monteiro, Dipak Kalra, Saara Malkamaki, Stephan Schug

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

Remote Patient / Physiologic Monitoring (RPM), as a tool helps in eliminating or reducing the cost of care in Nigeria and West Africa, and hence has contributed to the advancement of telemedicine. As a result, telemedicine conserves time and improves cost factors of care delivery by achieving efficiencies through technology while demonstrating qual...

By Umarfarouq Idris, Latifah Abdulkarim, Bryan Arkwright

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

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