ATA2022 press release

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) today held a press briefing at the ATA2022 Annual Conference & Expo featuring updates and announcements from leaders in virtual care and technology innovation. ATA2022 is the event of record for the telehealth industry, convening healthcare professionals, solution providers, researchers, payers and other stakeholders at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center to explore this year’s theme, Now What? Creating Opportunity in a Time of Uncertainty. A second press briefing will be held tomorrow afternoon with announcements from ATA Action, TytoCare, Connect America and more.

Following is a summary of today’s announcements:

ATA Home Testing Special Interest Group (SIG)

The ATA Home Testing SIG continues to advance its critical work to advance health equity and address barriers to the adoption of at-home medical testing services. As part of this effort, the SIG is developing a new white paper covering the need for non-discriminatory regulations and reimbursement for home testing.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health highlighted the publication of a major scientific study documenting telehealth outcomes in JAMA Network Open. This Johns Hopkins-based research was partially supported by the ATA. The study followed a national cohort of 40.7 million commercially insured persons from July to December 2021. Fourteen-day follow-ups for persons with an initial telehealth visit were compared to persons receiving in-person care. Outcomes for chronic care and non-respiratory acute conditions were comparable, but there were higher rates of emergency department follow up for respiratory-related acute care, likely due to COVID concerns.

For details, see Johns Hopkins’ press release: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/study-of-privately-insured-patients-finds-short-term-telehealth-follow-up-comparable-to-most-in-person-care-during-first-year-of-covid-19-pandemic

Read the full study here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2791531

American College of Physicians and American Telemedicine Association

The American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications, announced a new U.S. framework for assessing digital health technologies, including mobile apps and web-based tools used by healthcare professionals and consumers. ACP also announced the launch of a pilot test of a database of digital health tools reviewed against the framework by ORCHA.

For details, see the ATA and ACP’s press release: https://www.americantelemed.org/press-releases/american-college-of-physicians-and-the-american-telemedicine-association-collaborate-on-new-digital-health-assessment-framework/

BlueJeans by Verizon

BlueJeans by Verizon announced organizations can now embed the fully functional BlueJeans Telehealth WebRTC experience within another webpage or native app with minimal development effort. By opening up the BlueJeans SDKs for low-code development, BlueJeans is further simplifying and enhancing the patient/provider experience with an embeddable, customizable telehealth solution that does not require patients to switch between interfaces.

For details, see BlueJeans by Verizon’s blog post: https://www.bluejeans.com/blog/bluejeans-telehealth-SDK

Caregility

Caregility discussed the launch of its Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE), the industry’s first subscription-based solution designed to enable bedside hybrid care, combining in-person care with virtual engagement, at scale. IVE bundles a full spectrum of telehealth endpoints for all patient acuity levels with a cloud-based administration portal for centralized fleet management and system-wide visibility into virtual care operations.

For details, see Caregility’s press release: https://caregility.com/news/caregility-launching-new-subscription-based-enterprise-solution-and-endpoint-at-ata2022/

CDW and Caregility

CDW and Caregility announced a new strategic partnership to expand their virtual care capabilities, including Caregility’s transformative new Inpatient Virtual Engagement solution (IVE).

For details, see CDW and Caregility’s press release: https://caregility.com/news/cdw-and-caregility-partner-to-bring-inpatient-virtual-engagement-solution-to-every-bedside/

Advocate Aurora Enterprises and Clear Arch Health

Advocate Aurora Enterprises discussed the acquisition of MobileHelp and Clear Arch Health, leading providers of remote patient monitoring capabilities and personal emergency response systems. Remote patient monitoring services offered through Clear Arch Health, MobileHelp’s sister company, allow healthcare professionals to create customized monitoring plans to drive stronger adherence, deliver personalized care and strengthen a patient’s support system.

For details, see Clear Arch Health’s press release: https://www.cleararchhealth.com/resources/news/advocate-aurora-enterprises-acquires-leading-provider-of-health-monitoring-and-emergency-response-solutions/

BioIntelliSense

BioIntelliSense and UC Davis highlighted their strategic collaboration to advance remote patient monitoring (RPM) across care settings using the FDA-cleared BioIntelliSense wearable technology and algorithmic-based BioCloud™ data analytics. As a leading academic medical center with a patient-centered focus on digital transformation, UC Davis Health is poised to rapidly advance remote care initiatives with BioIntelliSense that combine an effortless user experience with medical grade clinical accuracy. For details, see BioIntelliSense and UC Davis’ press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/02/2433296/0/en/UC-Davis-Health-and-BioIntelliSense-Form-Strategic-Collaboration-to-Advance-Continuous-Remote-Care-Models-for-In-Hospital-to-Home-Monitoring.html

The company also announced a strategic collaboration with Houston Methodist to advance cutting-edge remote monitoring and analytics technologies across the healthcare continuum, from in-hospital to at-home. The recently executed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) identifies several areas of strategic focus for improving patient care, increasing clinical workflow efficiencies, and reducing the burden on healthcare systems. For details, see BioIntelliSense and Houston Methodist’s press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/02/2433378/0/en/Houston-Methodist-and-BioIntelliSense-Announce-Strategic-Collaboration-to-Advance-New-Remote-Care-and-Clinical-Intelligence-Solutions.html