Home Health Care News July 1, 2020
Computer manufacturing company Lenovo is rolling out a new home-based virtual care solution designed to build compliance among patients with chronic conditions, many of whom are seniors. It’s doing so in partnership with Vianova Health, which created the virtual health assistant used in the new technology.
While telehealth technology has become essential amid COVID-19, Lenovo started working on the in-home care technology long before the virus reared its head. The process began about a year ago, according to Matt Mikula, global manager of health care solutions at Lenovo Health.
“You can think of the COVID-19 pandemic as just validating [and accelerating] what we’ve been doing,” Mikula told HHCN. “And if you’re going to do virtual technology, for us, it’s way...