Digital Care Journeys associated with Ontario's leadership in cutting wait times and reducing the surgery backlog

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) recently released data showing how provinces were performing on wait times for surgery in 2023. Of particular importance to the country has been cutting wait times and the backlog for Hip and Knee replacements since the pandemic. The KPI that CIHI uses is the % of joint replacement surgeries performed within the recommended wait time of 26 weeks (182 days).

5 Ways Remote Patient Monitoring Technologies Can Transform Healthcare Delivery

How robust digital care solutions enable real-time monitoring, enhanced patient and provider experience, and improved outcomes at a lower cost to create a digitally-driven ecosystem.

Build vs. Buy: Digital Patient Engagement Platforms

For many healthcare organizations the age-old dilemma of “buy vs. build” continues to be an internal debate. While some may be inclined to build, buying a highly scalable proven enterprise solution could be the fastest way to market. Here are pros and cons & consideration when evaluating building vs buying.

Top 6 Considerations for Chief Digital Officers When Selecting a Digital Patient Engagement Solution

With a myriad of solutions in the marketplace and new ones entering the market, here are the top 5 considerations both CDOs, and healthcare informatics teams, need to make when selecting a digital patient engagement platform that creates digital experiences that meet consumer expectations, get the care teams excited, and aligns with their digital front door strategy for long term success.

How Digital Care Journeys Help Chief Quality Officers Achieve Key Quality Metrics

Quality is a key priority in healthcare delivery. Here’s a look at some specific Quality Metrics and strategies that can be supported by Digital Care Journeys.

How Digital Care Journeys for Maternity Care Provide Better Healthcare for Mothers and Babies

Here are 4 characteristics of digital platforms that are revolutionizing how obstetrics and maternal care is being delivered today.

Six Digital Health Insights Revealed at CHIME Fall Forum 2022

Perhaps Ed Marx, CEO of Divurgent and serial health system CIO, said it best at CHIME Fall Forum 2022: “We are in an environment where it’s survival of the Digitalist. If health systems don’t take advantage of Digital Health solutions to thrive and survive, you may be acquired.”

5 Big Takeaways from ERAS USA 2022

On November 10-12, 2022, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) leaders, advocates and practitioners gathered in Washington DC for the 5th Annual Congress of the ERAS® USA Society. If you were unable to make it, we’ve got you covered! Today we share our five big takeaways from ERAS USA’s 2022 Annual Congress...

Digital Patient Engagement takes Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Same-Day Discharge to the next level at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022

The American College of Surgeons’ Clinical Congress is the premier annual event for surgeon leaders to share innovative new research, best practices and technology in surgery to improve patient care. At the 2022 event, many surgeon leaders highlighted how Digital Patient Engagement and Remote Patient Monitoring is gradually becoming the standard of care for delivering the best surgical outcomes and patient experience.

Clinically-Proven, Digital Health Solutions: A New Bar set at Becker’s Health IT + Digital Health Meeting

Health systems are facing unprecedented challenges: an on-going pandemic, increasing shifts to value-based care, rising consumer expectations and growing financial constraints. In early October 2022...

How Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Lowered Length of Stay & ED Visits By Implementing Digital Care Journeys Hospital-Wide

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is a 375-bed acute care hospital serving over 250,000 residents across Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario.

Top 3 Ways Hospitals are Reducing Length of Stay with Digital Patient Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has further increased pressure on hospitals to reduce LOS, so that they can meet the demands of both COVID-19 hospitalizations and pre-existing patient needs (e.g. surgeries). However, with limited resources and increasing staff burnout, organizations must find innovative ways to reduce LOS without increasing work for providers.

CEO Dr. Joshua Liu Shares Insight on How SeamlessMD has Revolutionized Patient Care

Recently, SeamlessMD’s CEO Dr. Joshua Liu was featured on “SciSection,” a podcast initiative that aims to communicate important insights from experts within the healthcare industry and STEM communities to a broader audience in a simpler way. Featured on global platforms such as iHeartRadio, the team of journalists consists of members hailing from the University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Guelph, York University, and more.

New Stanford Prehab Study Highlights High Patient Activation & Engagement Rates with SeamlessMD

Recently, the Colorectal team at Stanford published a study revealing “Engagement and Adherence with a Web-Based Prehabilitation Program for Patients Awaiting Abdominal Colorectal Surgery.”

1,000+ Patients Enroll on SeamlessMD for Pre and Post-Surgery Monitoring at Health Sciences North

Health Sciences North (HSN) recently celebrated a milestone: having enrolled more than 1,000 patients onto SeamlessMD supporting 10 different types of surgeries including Orthopaedics, Breast Cancer, Open Heart Surgery, ICD/Pacemaker, Colorectal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) surgery.

Digital Health Canada Recognizes SeamlessMD’s CEO Joshua Liu as 2021 Digital Health Executive of the Year

We are proud to announce that our very own Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder and CEO at SeamlessMD, has received recognition as the 2021 Digital Health Executive of the Year by Digital Health Canada. This prestigious award is presented to individuals “whose outstanding contributions as a leader have helped advance Digital Health or Virtual Health in Canada.”

Hospital News Highlights SeamlessMD Use at William Osler Health System for Advanced Patient Experience

Recently, William Osler Health System was featured in Hospital News’ November edition of their newsletter. The article outlined several ways in which the hospital has improved the delivery of patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic by primarily leveraging the use of technology.

New UAB study finds Patient Engagement Technology decreases Hospital Length of Stay

Since 2017, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System has offered SeamlessMD to its patients undergoing a variety of surgeries, including for Colorectal Surgery (patients needing an ileostomy included). Recently, the team published a study revealing “Ileostomy Patients Using Patient Engagement Technology Experience Decreased Length of Stay.”

4 Strategies used at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to Incorporate Surgical Remote Monitoring into the Clinical Workflow

Recently, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) held a webinar sharing best practices they use to successfully incorporate Surgical Remote Monitoring (SeamlessMD) into their clinical team's workflow, achieving increased same-day discharges, ↓ 41% ED visits & ↓ 4% Readmissions. In this post, we've summarized 3 key learnings from the TBRHSC experience.

Bluewater Health Partners with SeamlessMD for Enhanced Total Joint Replacement Surgical Outcomes

Bluewater Health recently published this press release highlighting the launch of SeamlessMD to virtually guide patients undergoing Total Joint Replacement Surgery through pre-surgical preparation through post-surgical recovery.

New White Paper: How to Implement a Cardiac Patient Engagement & Remote Monitoring Program

For many years, Digital Patient Engagement and Remote Monitoring solutions have been a point of interest in the healthcare industry to more effectively engage patients and improve the delivery of care.

ERAS® Cardiac Newsletter Highlights the Value of Digital Patient Engagement Platforms for Elevated Surgical Care

We are thrilled to read a piece written by our partners Cheryl Crisafi, ERAS Cardiac Clinical Coordinator, and Dr. Daniel Engelman, Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Baystate Health, in the most recent issue of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Cardiac Newsletter, discussing the value of Digital Patient Engagement platforms (DPEPs) and how they can improve health outcomes.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: What to do After Go-Live, and How to Achieve Ongoing Success

Remote monitoring solutions certainly disrupt traditional healthcare delivery, but as evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, they provide an effective replacement for in-person interaction between patients and healthcare providers.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: How to Train Your Staff, Launch Your Program, and Educate Patients

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for remote monitoring solutions is at an all-time high and it is clear that this will continue to be the case in a post-pandemic world. As such, healthcare organizations must ensure that staff are trained to deliver a seamless experience that is comparable to an in-person visit.

SeamlessMD & Atrium Health END Opioids Initiative Featured on WBTV

WBTV news, one of North Carolina’s news divisions, recently published a news segment highlighting our innovation with Atrium Health designed to help tackle the opioid crisis.

New UAB Study Finds Use of Patient Engagement Technology Varies By Patient Demographics

This study on the “Disparities in Perioperative Use of Patient Engagement Technologies - Not All Use is Equal,” published in the Annals of Surgery by Lauren Theiss, M.D. discusses the association of patient-level characteristics on the use of patient engagement technology during the perioperative period.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Constructing Your Communication Strategy

In a post-pandemic health economy, healthcare organizations will continue to rely on remote monitoring solutions to increase access to care, reduce surgical backlogs, and improve patient outcomes.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: The Top 3 Workflows for Enrolling & Monitoring Patients

In an effort to reduce the surgical backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare organizations are seeking innovative technology solutions. An effective Surgical Remote Monitoring platform can lessen the backlog by reducing hospital length of stay, readmissions, ED visits, and by ultimately ensuring patients get the right care outside of the hospital.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Assembling the Team and Determining Roles & Responsibilities

While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the wide-scale adoption of remote monitoring solutions, this technology is expected to continue to play a significant role beyond the pandemic. To address these rising consumer expectations, healthcare organizations are now incorporating remote monitoring solutions into their long-term strategy for improved patient outcomes.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Establishing Success Criteria

With increasing patient expectations for digital care since the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare providers have considered implementing a Surgical Remote Monitoring program to increase patient access to care.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Identifying Priority Use Cases

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers worldwide have been racing to implement remote monitoring platforms that extend patient access to surgical care beyond the bounds of the hospital while also minimizing in-person visits.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Choosing the Right Technology Partner

While Surgical Remote Monitoring technology has been around long before COVID-19, the pandemic has undeniably increased the demand for these platforms. Healthcare providers are now more inclined to embrace this technology to increase access to care, reduce surgical backlogs, and improve patient outcomes.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: What is Surgical Remote Monitoring?

Fee-for-service payment models in healthcare reward quantity over quality of medical services. This has led to a shift to value-based care, such as bundled payment models, that incentivize providers to achieve better health outcomes at lower costs.

How to Implement Surgical Remote Monitoring: Why Surgical Remote Monitoring?

COVID-19 cases overwhelmed hospitals throughout the pandemic, leading to the suspension of a wide range of non-emergency surgeries to spare beds for these patients. As a result, the surgery backlog has dramatically increased and there are growing concerns on how to catch up efficiently.

SeamlessMD Featured in Ontario Health Webinar: Spotlight on Innovative Virtual Care Models

Recently, the Ontario Health Team (OHT) produced a Virtual Engagement Series in collaboration with Ontario Health (OH) and partners in the Central Program of Supports, for healthcare teams in Ontario to learn, ask questions, and share successes or challenges about areas of common interest.

SeamlessMD Featured By National Research Council of Canada

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Surgeon Spotlight: Meet Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez

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Chicago Tribune features SeamlessMD partnership with Rush University Medical Center

Saint Peter's success with SeamlessMD featured by American Society of Anesthesiologists

SeamlessMD CEO interviewed for article on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Rush University Medical Center partners with SeamlessMD for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

SeamlessMD CEO speaks at HealthTO about building an Enterprise Healthcare company

The Ottawa Hospital shares success achieved using SeamlessMD for Bariatric Surgery

How Axia Women’s Health providers are leveraging technology to achieve optimal patient care

Dr. Daniel Chu interview on UAB experience improving patient care with SeamlessMD

Leading Carolina's Health System success with SeamlessMD featured in Pharmacy Practice News

Stanford Urology Presents Success Using SeamlessMD for ERAS Patients in COVID Era at 21st Annual Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting

Big congratulations to the Stanford University Urology team led by Dr. Jay B. Shah, who recently presented at the 2020 Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Annual Meeting on using SeamlessMD to aid in delivering ERAS protocols for patients undergoing radical cystectomy, while mitigating risks from in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SeamlessMD's Machine Learning Efforts Featured in Canadian Healthcare Technology Nov/Dec 2020 Issue

SeamlessMD named by PwC/CB Insights as a "digital disruptor changing health care in Canada"

Digital Patient Engagement & Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) featured in “STS Webinar: Addressing the Cardiac Surgery Opioid Crisis” to help measure and manage opioid use after cardiac surgery

Stanford Medicine's Success With SeamlessMD For Prehab Featured on Stanmed

Rush University Medical Center reduces LOS and SSIs with SeamlessMD, Saves $2300+ per patient

SeamlessMD Launches New Digital Platform For Hospitals to Safely Restart Surgery

SeamlessMD’s FREE Restart Surgery Digital Screening Tool Featured in American College of Surgeons COVID-19 Bulletin

SeamlessMD’s FREE Restart Surgery Digital Screening Tool Featured on SAGES COVID-19 Resource Page

Saint Peter's success with SeamlessMD featured in Home Health Technology News

SeamlessMD CEO featured in Joule Innovation Podcast

SeamlessMD makes the 2016 Annual Global Digital Health 100 List

SeamlessMD CEO named as 1 of 16 doctors who made 2016 better for physician-led innovation

SeamlessMD named as 1 of Toronto’s 20 most brilliant tech innovators

SeamlessMD featured in Canadian Business

SeamlessMD featured in University Health Network news for Bariatric Program

NAMED ONE OF HIT CONSULTANTS TOP 20 DIGITAL HEALTH COMPANIES TO WATCH

It Takes Courage To Be Truly Patient-Centered

Apps are cool, but apps alone don’t make a patient engagement strategy

SeamlessMD Featured As Leading Innovation At InnovationEx 2015

Coffee with Joseph Kvedar - Director of Partner's Center for Connected Health

Case Study - Toronto East General Hospital Uses SeamlessMD To Improve Patient Engagement

Meet David and follow his journey through cancer surgery using SeamlessMD

Coffee with Omada Health's Andrew DiMichele: The Future of Digital Health

Coffee with former CIO of Mount Sinai Hospital Prateek Dwivedi: Build something relevant

Coffee with Veronika Litinski: Patient data will improve clinical decisions

Dr. Thomas Tsai joins SeamlessMD as an Advisor on Surgical Quality and Health Policy

Coffee with Dr. Daniel Schwartz: Physicians are often criticized as technophobic and that is just not correct

The real competition to digital health startups

Coffee with Dr. Howard Abrams: Innovation must be patient-centered and provider enhanced

The answer to the doctor shortage isn't more doctors

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Why health outcomes data should directly feed back to the frontline

Seamless Mobile Health relaunches as SeamlessMD to advance mission for seamless patient care