MobiHealth News March 11, 2024
At HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum, Stanford Healthcare representatives discussed the care system’s implementation of a virtual fast track program in its emergency department.
ORLANDO — After implementing a virtual video telemedicine model in Stanford Healthcare’s emergency department, patients have provided more positive feedback regarding their experience than the standard emergency department, said speakers at the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition preconference Virtual Care Forum on Monday.
“Our journey began with COVID,” said Patrice Callagy, executive director of emergency services at Stanford Healthcare. “Even though our emergency department had the ability to telehealth into our system, the nurse had to be in the room to operate that.”
Callagy and her colleague Sam Shen, clinical professor and vice chair...