Telehealth provides an opportunity to change rules of engagement, reach out to neglected communities, and uncharted populations at the touch of a button, redefining a transformative vision from disconnection to a well-orchestrated consortium of value-based care and patient-centered services. …

Listen to CHARLES C. DUNHAM, IV and CARSTEN KOCIOK as they discuss the top legal and regulatory issues affecting information governance and data privacy and security measures being implemented or expanded in the United States and European Union. …

Responses revealed major deficiencies and the urgent need to adopt a nationwide framework The increased amount of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge of providing appropriate medical board oversight to ensure proper quality of care delivery and safety of patients. This is partly due to the…

The following discusses AI in the con-text of its use as a secondary screening tool embedded in computed tomography (CT) scans and its integration into clinical care delivery. Abstract: The capabilities of and interest in artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, and more specifically, population health, has grown exponentially over the…

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 project tested an innovative mechanism to use chatbots to engage caregivers in evidence-based preventive care for children. Design We used artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots to personalize…

In December 2019, the first report of severe acute respi-ratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related pneumonia was reported in China. In just a few weeks, the virus spread worldwide, leading to unforeseen conse-quences on every aspect of our daily working and social life, as well as to radical changes in healthcare…

The evidence based global market leader, Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY) open access peer reviewed journal, is pleased to announce the journal has been accepted to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed database. This marks a milestone in recognizing research excellence for distributed ledger technology in the field of healthcare…

Insights from barriers, attitudes, and capacity to use patient portal tools deliver important insight into overall adoption of other digital health modalities, including telehealth. 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…

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…