Telehealth & Covid-19
Dashboard Medicine: Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) driving Engagement & Outcomes
These days, when people refer to telehealth, telemedicine, or virtual care, the most common use case that comes to mind is the live video visit. Yet telehealth, defined as “delivering care [...]
What does an AI think about Telehealth?
Many Telehealth Tuesday readers have in recent months pointed me towards ChatGPT (launched in November 2022) and invited me to assess its relationship with or value for modern medicine. While this [...]
Innovation in Healthcare:
Clinician Engagement for Digital Health Adoption
The problem in Healthcare is not the lack of innovation. It is the slow pace of innovation adoption. I don’t think I can repeat this phrase often enough. Given the [...]
5 Things your Telehealth Vendor cannot do for you (Misconception #4)
Whether you’re building a new house or renovating - you’ll typically rely on a multitude of different trades to help you get all the things done that need to be completed. The plumber, the electrician and the painter, just [...]
Should your IT Staff run your Telehealth Program? (Misconception #3)
"Telehealth is about technology, right? Without technology, there is no "tele"! And we do need a vendor and some software so we can connect patients with physicians. So let’s ask IT to find some software and roll it out." In [...]
Telehealth Requires Multiple Technology Solutions (Misconception #2)
When I come across a new misconception, I’m always curious as to where this particular misconception originated. Oftentimes it is the result of "lazy thinking", taking something you already know and applying it to the new circumstances without questioning it [...]
Launching Telehealth is Not a Health IT Project (Misconception #1)
Myths and legends are often born out of a misunderstanding of the complete picture. Similar to the fable of the elephant and the six blind men, when people only see a portion of the whole picture (or, as in the [...]
Six Common Misconceptions about Telehealth
Over the years that I’ve been working with health systems on telehealth service strategy, design and implementation I’ve come across a number of misconceptions. As telehealth these days seems to be really taking off now, these misconceptions may be [...]
Telemedicine – It takes a Village
One of the aspects of telemedicine ("practicing medicine at a distance") is that it is not just another healthcare IT project.In healthcare IT projects, typically a need is identified (a new image management system, new business intelligence software, or even [...]















