As your organization considers how to improve outcomes and create a healthier patient population for 2023 you should consider the role that digital health solutions play in supporting your initiatives.

Mental Health Awareness Month is a great opportunity for us all to have valuable conversations around how to better serve those affected by mental illness, but real progress is made when these conversations lead to actionable next steps that outlive just one month per calendar year. As the digital transformation in healthcare forges on at a rapid pace, mental health professionals have an important seat at the table. Virtual care solutions are proven to have immense benefits for those with mental illnesses, and more organizations than ever are adopting technology to help improve outcomes for these patient populations.

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Remote patient monitoring is just one application of telehealth- a piece of the larger puzzle. Telehealth encompasses a broad range of services that utilize telecommunications to deliver healthcare, education and more remotely. Although telehealth and remote patient monitoring are connected, these terms are not interchangeable. Read on to learn more about the larger umbrella of telehealth services, and then zoom in specifically on the topic of remote patient monitoring.

Today’s consumers have more options than ever when deciding how to spend their time and money. As a result, convenience, quality, and transparency are key pillars during any buyer’s journey – including the healthcare consumer experience (1). In the past, consumers held very different expectations for retail and healthcare, but modern advances have fueled the convergence of these two industries.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have continuously responded to the growing interest in virtual care technology and services by expanding the billing codes for remote patient monitoring (RPM). 2021 reimbursement policies were finalized in December of last year, with some recent amendments and clarifications made in January of this year. Some of these rulings are meant to be permanent, while others are set to expire at the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).

Mozzaz CEO and Co-Founder, Rini Gahir, reflects on lessons learned from the pandemic thus far, and the new features built in the Mozzaz platform to support the increasingly changing landscape.

Between March 2nd & April 15th, 2020, virtual urgent care visits increased by 683% and virtual non-urgent visits increased by 4,345% (Journal of the American Informatics Association, n.d.), which hints that digital health in hospitals has moved forward 15 years in the last 4 months. So, what does the new future for digital health in hospitals look like? Healthcare is changing rapidly. But are these changes here to stay? I will look at why I think many of these changes will be incorporated into ongoing care, even once a vaccine is found for COVID-19.

As the world moved from analog to digital methods of storing and transmitting data the volume of available data increased exponentially. This trend of accelerating growth of data continues, with many new sources of information becoming available on an ongoing basis. In the context of healthcare this data can come from a diverse array of sources including EHR records, medical devices, wearables, biomedical research databases, and the internet of things.