Becker's Healthcare June 17, 2019
Virtual technology is helping transform the delivery of patient care. From remote monitoring to telehealth services, virtual care is continually developing to bring remote physician specialists directly to the patient’s bedside.
During a May 30 webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Philips, Ashok Palagiri, MD, medical director at Mercy Virtual, and Adam Seiver, MD, chief medical officer of monitoring and analytics and therapeutic care at Philips, discussed the advantages telehealth services present to patient care and how the technology helps support clinician satisfaction.
Clinicians are the driving force behind Mercy Health’s virtual care center, which established its telehealth focus from a clinical perspective, Dr. Palagiri said. The center, which opened in 2006, is home to a large...