Medical Economics August 15, 2023
American Telemedicine Association convenes panel to discuss health services for an aging population.
Technology, trust, and teamwork are essential components as health systems integrate more care in patients’ homes.
A panel of four health organization leaders discussed their experiences with hospital-at-home care in “Telehealth and Changing Models of Care for the Aging Population,” an online webinar hosted by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) on Aug. 15.
The goal was to discuss how programs use telehealth, how they were operationalized, and how they use telehealth data to support timely and effective delivery of care, said moderator Nancy Green, chair of ATA’s Healthy Aging Collaborative.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health began its hospital-at-home program in March 2020 to deal with a tsunami...