Telehealth was a critical lifeline for people in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, though this was especially true for Medicare beneficiaries, with more than 28 million beneficiaries using virtual health services during the first year of the public-health emergency, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]

The use of algorithms has saved lives at the University of Missouri Health Care. The health system put in place an early-warning system tied to the EHR to alert rapid-response teams of a patient’s risk for developing sepsis, a life-threatening infection.

Telehealth technology has been cited for its convenience, especially when usage skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are also frustrations, according to recently released UnitedHealth Group research.