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Whende Carroll, clinical informatics advisor at HIMSS, discuss how informatics has changed the practice of nursing, particularly with virtual care.    

Virtual care company Wheel announced it added the teletherapy, discount drug platform, and data sharing companies to its integrated virtual care ecosystem.   

At HIMSS24, Dr. Denise Hines and Shirelle King of Georgia Health Information Network discuss social integration to foster trust in underserved communities.   

Associate professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal talks about improving clinical documentation programs.  

Disability-care focused Kismet recently raised $8 million in seed funding in the United States.

Various factors around ROI on virtual tech should be considered before implementation, such as billing revenue, increased efficiency, downstream revenue and improved outcomes, said experts at the HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum.

The tech company announced it will offer a suite of solutions focused on scalability and flexibility for healthcare organizations.

Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, discusses the benefits and use cases of a qualified health information network, places where interoperability falls short in the healthcare sector and the opportunity for QHINs to increase connectivity.  

Lars Maaløe, chief technology officer and cofounder of Corti, discusses the company's provider-facing AI technology, which can help with clinical documentation by providing real-time feedback while listening to healthcare communications.  

Also, Medibank's health service unit has tied up with Amwell to support the virtual delivery of its new preventative care program.