Consumer Devices Are Rapidly Improving. What Does It Mean for Healthcare?
A recent “lunch and learn” presentation for the Twistle team featured James Peacock, MD, MS, an Electrophysiologist at White Plains Hospital and long time friend of Twistle. He shared some of what he’s learned over his exceptional career as a physician, and researcher...
The COVID-19 Vaccine for Pregnant or Breastfeeding Women
Vaccine Guidance The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has published a Practice Advisory titled, Vaccinating Pregnant and Lactating Patients Against COVID-19. ACOG recommends that COVID-19 vaccines should not be withheld from pregnant...
Optimizing the Digital Patient Journey
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital health tools like telehealth appointments and lowered reimbursement-related barriers to virtual care. Now we are faced with the challenge of activating patients in their care -- ensuring that they have an...
The looming task of vaccinating an entire country
The administration of COVID-19 vaccines began just days after FDA emergency-use approvals were issued. Once healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents have been inoculated, healthcare organizations will face the challenge of communicating with...
Impacting healthcare with technology and innovation
TripleTree, a leading investment bank that creates opportunities for healthcare innovation, recently hosted the eighth installment of its Market Insights Live series. The session, titled “Innovation That Delivers Impact,” featured four companies that received a...
Safely delivering acute hospital-level care at home
CMS recently announced its Acute Hospital Care at Home program to allow for hospital-level care to be delivered in patient homes. Leverage remote patient monitoring technology to ensure it’s safe and effective.
Building a case for patient engagement technology
The value of engaged patients is significant - it’s associated with better outcomes and lower costs - but engaging and activating patients in their healthcare has continued to be challenging for many providers. It’s notable that even though 90% of healthcare...
The next challenge for healthcare providers? COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Recent news of the FDA’s emergency use approval of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines brings hope that our lives may soon return to normal. The vaccines, however, once approved, will still need to be distributed to millions of Americans. Healthcare workers and high...
Building a powerful digital engagement ecosystem
Providence is a forward-thinking, large health system that includes 51 hospitals and 1,085 clinics across multiple states. In a recent webinar, Sara Vaezy, Providence’s Chief Digital Strategy & Business Development Officer, shared some insight into their current...
With new guidance for colorectal cancer screening, do you know how to reach potentially impacted patients?
What changed? In late October the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released draft guidance regarding screening for colorectal cancer, recommending that colorectal screening should begin at age 45, not at 50. The recommendation is due to several reasons including:...
Build a Successful Perioperative Surgical Home with Patient Engagement
Creating a perioperative surgical home (PSH) is no small task and its success is dependent on multidisciplinary team work combined with engaged patients. In a recent webinar, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s Medical Director of Pre-Surgical Testing and...
The biggest healthcare disruptor might not be what you think
Growing pressures on healthcare providers Many in healthcare have been anticipating change for some time. With advancements of technologies like machine learning and the entry of big tech companies like Amazon and Google, health system leaders have been carefully...
Time to Adopt Digital Patient Engagement
Will we look back on this period as the tipping point for digital patient engagement solutions that make it easy to educate, monitor, and assist patients through the healthcare labyrinth safely and efficiently? When health systems consider the adoption of new...