This episode features Ethan Booker, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Telehealth and Medical Director of MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center at MedStar Health. Here, he discusses his background, the evolution of telehealth since March of 2020, where he sees the best opportunities for growth in the future, and more. Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.
Summary
This episode features Ethan Booker, MD
Chief Medical Officer of Telehealth and Medical Director of MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center at MedStar Health. Here, he discusses his background, the evolution of telehealth since March of 2020, where he sees the best opportunities for growth in the future, and more.
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Dr. Ethan Booker: Chief Medical Officer of Telehealth
Dr. Ethan Booker is the Chief Medical Officer of Telehealth and Medical Director of the MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center at MedStar Health. He discussed the opportunities and headwinds of telehealth, as well as how the Telehealth Innovation Center is adding value to the organization by improving access to care with its Connected Care model.
Optimizing Resources with Telehealth
Dr. Booker discussed how they use telehealth and other technologies to optimize resources in their primary care and cardiology departments, leading to improved access, patient experience scores, and increased productivity for their supported physicians. They are also investing in technology at the bedside for their inpatient population, such as palliative care, acute pain service, chaplain services, music therapy, and case management. This investment is aimed at improving the patient's autonomy and control of their environment while also making the health system more efficient. Dr. Booker ended by discussing the opportunity to create a ubiquitous but non-invasive experience through remote patient monitoring, partnering with patients on data collected from consumer wearables, and visualizing that data effectively.
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This episode aired on 05/20/2023 and can be listened here.
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