# Virtual Care * **Definition:** Healthcare services provided remotely through digital technologies, enabling patients to receive care without being physically present in a healthcare facility. This includes services such as telemedicine, video consultations, remote patient monitoring, and other digital health solutions. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Virtual Care ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Virtual Care**, for healthcare technology leaders * 12.8K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/8/2025 | [**HealthSnap Named "Best Clinical Efficiency Solution" in 9th Annual MedTech Breakthrough ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthsnap-named-best-clinical-efficiency-solution-in-9th-annual-medtech-breakthrough-awards-program-302450199.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 5/7/2025 | [**Virtual Healthcare May 2025**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/virtual-healthcare-may-2025/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 4/3/2025 | [**University Hospitals to bring hybrid virtual care model to EDs**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/university-hospitals-to-bring-hybrid-virtual-care-model-to-eds/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/12/2025 | [**CoachCare Acquires VitalTech, Expanding RPM and Virtual Care Capabilities**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/03/12/coachcare-acquires-vitaltech/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/2/2025 | [**Transformative Technologies Reshaping the Healthcare Industry - by Reza Lankarani**](https://medium.com/@RezaLankarani/transformative-technologies-reshaping-the-healthcare-industry-cc72b937b8ec) | [[Medium]] | | 2/28/2025 | [**'Virtual care or no care:' How Sanford and Providence are meeting patient needs**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/virtual-care-or-no-care-how-sanford-and-providence-are-meeting-patient-needs.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/27/2025 | [**Caregility Unveils Next-Gen Virtual Care Coordination and AI-Powered Innovation at HIMSS 2025**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/caregility-unveils-next-gen-virtual-162000526.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 2/17/2025 | [**Unifying telemedicine efforts can help health systems succeed with virtual care - Healthcare IT News**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/unifying-telemedicine-efforts-can-help-health-systems-succeed-virtual-care) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 1/29/2025 | [**Johns Hopkins Medicine Selects Caregility to Collaborate on Virtual Care Innovation**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250129016938/en/Johns-Hopkins-Medicine-Selects-Caregility-to-Collaborate-on-Virtual-Care-Innovation/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 1/15/2025 | [**Wearable Devices and Mobile Applications - 2025 Health IT Predictions**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/01/15/wearable-devices-and-mobile-applications-2025-health-it-predictions/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 1/9/2025 | [**Caregility Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer**](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250109249489/en/Caregility-Appoints-New-Chief-Nursing-Officer/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-RLXHJgazfQJNuOVHefdHP-D8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5ieT3WxPE8m_kWI77F87CseT) | [[Business Wire]] | | 1/8/2025 | [**Virtual Healthcare January 2025**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/virtual-healthcare-january-2025/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**mHealth Solutions Market Forecast: Insights on Growth Factors and 13.9AGR through 2031**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mhealth-solutions-market-forecast-insights-growth-factors-8vkbe) | [[Linkedin]] | | 12/11/2024 | [**Sanford Health Gets Real on Virtual Care - HealthLeaders Media**](https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/innovation/sanford-health-gets-real-virtual-care) | [[HealthLeaders Media]] | | 12/3/2024 | [**Survey: Despite Progress in Virtual Nursing Adoption, Most Providers Remain in Early Stages**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-despite-progress-in-virtual-nursing-adoption-most-providers-remain-in-early-stages-302320309.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 12/3/2024 | [**Survey: Despite Progress in Virtual Nursing Adoption, Most Providers Remain in Early Stages**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/survey-despite-progress-virtual-nursing-151100200.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/2/2024 | [**The Rise and Promise of Technology in Home Health - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/innovation/the-rise-and-promise-of-technology-in-home-health.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/21/2024 | [**'Webside manner:' How Sanford is training next-gen clinicians**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/website-manner-how-sanford-is-training-next-gen-clinicians.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/13/2024 | [**Virtual Healthcare November 2024**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/virtual-healthcare-november-2024/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 10/10/2024 | [**SaaS, AI And The Future Of Healthcare: Evaluating Virtual Care Platforms - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/10/10/saas-ai-and-the-future-of-healthcare-evaluating-virtual-care-platforms/) | [[Forbes]] | | 9/19/2024 | [**Top 10 Healthcare Industry Trends & Innovations - StartUs Insights**](https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/healthcare-industry-trends/) | startus-insights.com | | 9/17/2024 | [**Andor Health and Ballad Health Partner to Empower Rural Appalachian Highland Communities with Revolutionary AI-Driven Virtual Care Platform**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/andor-health-and-ballad-health-partner-to-empower-rural-appalachian-highland-communities-with-revolutionary-ai-driven-virtual-care-platform-302249435.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 9/16/2024 | [**Virtual Care Delivery Platforms Market Strategic Insights and Key Innovations - WhaTech**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/882084-virtual-care-delivery-platforms-market-strategic-insights-and-key-innovations-leading-companies-and-forecasts-to-2031.html) | whatech.com | | 9/11/2024 | [**NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Program - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2024/09/11/ncqa-launches-virtual-care-accreditation-program/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 7/3/2024 | [**Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Market Advancements Highlighted by Trend ... - WhaTech**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/it/851632-healthcare-revenue-cycle-management-market-trend-forecast-till-2032) | whatech.com | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **VSee Health**: A telehealth service provider offering customizable virtual care solutions, including video consultations and remote patient monitoring. - **VirtuAlly**: A virtual care company providing telesitting services to hospitals, significantly reducing patient fall rates and improving care delivery. - **CareView Communications**: A company that has secured a national group purchasing agreement for virtual care solutions, enhancing patient safety and experience. - **care.ai**: Offers a Smart Care Facility Platform to improve patient care and support clinicians through virtual care models. - **Curai Health**: A virtual care provider that utilizes AI to enhance patient care and streamline clinical documentation. - **Vitalchat**: An innovator in AI-powered ambient solutions for inpatient virtual nursing and telehealth. - **KeyCare**: Partnered with Deaconess Health System to provide 24/7 virtual urgent care services. - **eVisit**: A telehealth platform that has acquired UPMC's inpatient teleconsult technology to enhance virtual care capabilities. - **AvaSure**: A leader in acute virtual care, hosting symposiums to discuss AI-powered virtual care platforms. - **Teladoc Health**: A leader in whole-person virtual care services, providing a range of telehealth solutions. - **Sanford Health**: A healthcare organization that launched the Sanford Virtual Care Center to enhance virtual care solutions and address workforce shortages in rural healthcare. - **hellocare.ai**: A provider of AI-assisted virtual care platforms aimed at enhancing patient safety and care delivery. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Lee Health and Caregility**: Expanded their Virtual Nursing Program to improve telehealth capabilities. - **eVisit and UPMC**: Collaboration to integrate teleconsult technology, enhancing virtual care and reducing patient wait times. - **CoachCare and VitalTech**: Acquisition to enhance remote patient monitoring and virtual care capabilities. - **Health systems partnering with virtual care teams**: These partnerships aim to increase physician panel sizes and ensure consistent patient care while allowing doctors to focus on complex medical issues. - **KeyCare and Deaconess Health System**: Partnered to provide 24/7 virtual urgent care services across all 50 states. - **CentraCare and KeyCare**: Partnership to provide 24/7 virtual urgent care visits across all 50 states through the MyChart platform. - **hellocare.ai and AdventHealth**: Implementing an AI-assisted virtual care platform to enhance virtual care capabilities across multiple hospitals. - **Johns Hopkins Medicine and Caregility**: Collaborating to implement the Caregility Cloud™ platform to enhance virtual nursing and telehealth services. - **CareView and Premier**: CareView entered a national agreement with Premier to provide special pricing for its virtual care solutions. - **MetroHealth and MUSC Health**: Collaborated to create Ovatient, a nonprofit virtual care platform aimed at enhancing patient care through integrated telehealth services. - **Sanford Virtual Care Center**: Collaborates with AI startups and tech companies to test and refine products in a controlled environment. - **LifeBridge Health and care.ai**: Implementing care.ai's technology to enhance virtual nursing and improve patient care. - **VirtuAlly and Andor Health**: Collaborated to integrate virtual-sitting solutions into multiple hospitals within the Orlando Health System. - **CareView Communications and Premier, Inc.**: Secured a national group purchasing agreement for virtual care solutions effective September 1, 2024. - **UPMC and MedStar Health**: Invested in eVisit to promote innovations in virtual care, highlighting the trend of health systems incubating and investing in their technologies. - **Andor Health and Vizient**: Partnership to implement Ambient AI and virtual collaboration technologies. - **SONIFI Health and NESA**: Partnered to integrate Epic's virtual care platform into interactive TVs in patient rooms. - **Talkspace and Bicycle Health, Thirty Madison**: Formed partnerships to expand access to virtual care and mental health services. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Virtual Care Expansion**: The market for virtual care is surging, with providers focusing on enhancing patient engagement and preventive care. - **Virtual Care Solutions**: Innovations like Vitalacy's AI-driven Virtual Care solution aim to enhance patient safety and optimize hospital efficiency. - **Virtual Care Centers**: Sanford Health opened a Virtual Care Center to enhance training and delivery of virtual care in rural areas. - **Virtual Nurse Initiatives**: Virtua Health implemented a pilot program utilizing care.ai technology to improve collaboration between bedside and remote nurses. - **Virtual Care Accreditation Program**: NCQA's initiative to evaluate and accredit organizations providing virtual care services. - **Subscription-based Virtual Care Models**: Introduced by Fabric to enhance patient convenience and continuity of care. - **Virtual Nursing**: Emerging model that integrates remote monitoring and support to alleviate nursing shortages and improve patient care. - **Virtual First Care Coalition**: Launched a framework for health systems to assess and improve their virtual care capabilities. - **Sanford Virtual Care Center**: Utilizes augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence for clinician training and improving patient care. - **AI-assisted Virtual Sitters**: Innovative telehealth solutions enabling remote patient monitoring to increase healthcare capacity. - **Pro Smart Clinic**: OSU-CHS partnered with TytoCare to provide virtual care to students, improving access in underserved areas. - **Inpatient Virtual Care**: Increasing interest among hospital leaders, with 46% piloting or implementing virtual care for inpatient acute care. - **Telehealth Integration**: Telehealth has become a fundamental aspect of healthcare, enabling routine virtual consultations and improving access. - **AI-powered Virtual Care Assistants**: Developed by AvaSure to streamline hospital operations and enhance patient interaction. - **AI-Powered Virtual Care**: Wheel launched Horizon, an AI-powered platform aimed at providing a holistic virtual care experience by addressing gaps in patient care. - **Remote Patient Monitoring**: Increasingly viewed as a promising solution for enhancing patient experiences and alleviating healthcare staff burdens. - **Telehealth for Behavioral Health**: Expanding access to mental health services, particularly in rural areas, through direct-to-consumer behavioral health appointments. - **Telehealth advancements**: Telehealth is evolving from diagnostics to treatment, with innovations like telerobotic surgeries enhancing surgical precision and access to care. - **Firefly Health's Nearby Network**: Expanded to provide integrated access to essential in-person care, complementing existing virtual care services. - **AI in Virtual Care**: The integration of AI technologies is transforming virtual care delivery, enhancing patient outcomes and operational efficiency. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Data Privacy**: Healthcare organizations must address data privacy concerns as they adopt new virtual care technologies. - **Integration of Virtual and In-Person Care**: Ensuring seamless transitions between virtual and in-person services remains a challenge for healthcare providers. - **Patient Privacy Concerns**: Skepticism regarding the security of virtual care platforms, particularly among older adults. - **Access Disparities**: The integration of virtual care must consider disparities in access to ensure equitable healthcare delivery. - **Provider Burnout**: Continued focus on reducing provider burnout through technology adoption, particularly in virtual care settings. - **Financial Viability of Virtual Care Models**: Challenges faced by companies like Walmart and Walgreens highlight the need for sustainable business models in virtual care. - **Staffing Shortages**: Healthcare systems are experiencing workforce shortages, which can impact the delivery of virtual care services. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Challenges such as regulatory approval and data security must be addressed for the widespread adoption of virtual care solutions. - **Integration complexities**: Challenges in integrating new technologies into existing healthcare systems can slow down the adoption of virtual care solutions. - **Integration Issues**: Organizations struggle with integrating virtual care platforms with existing systems and ensuring data security. - **Adoption Barriers**: Despite growing interest, many health systems are still in early stages of virtual care adoption, with only 10% considering it standard. - **Economic constraints**: Economic factors may limit the ability of healthcare organizations to invest in new technologies and expand virtual care services. - **Regulatory Uncertainty**: Upcoming decisions by Congress regarding telehealth regulations and Medicare payments may impact the future of virtual care. - **Workforce Shortages**: Ongoing nursing shortages and financial constraints hinder the implementation of virtual nursing and care models. - **Data security and privacy**: Concerns regarding data security and privacy hinder the widespread adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technologies. - **Overprescribing Antibiotics**: Higher rates of antibiotic prescriptions in virtual visits compared to in-person visits raise concerns about responsible medication practices. - **Regulatory Hurdles**: Telehealth faces regulatory challenges that can hinder its adoption and integration into existing healthcare systems. - **Patient Trust and Technology Adoption**: Healthcare organizations must strategically implement technology to maintain patient trust and ensure positive experiences. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: With the increase in digital health solutions, cybersecurity remains a significant concern for healthcare providers. ## Related Topics [[Virtual Healthcare]]; [[Virtual Clinic]]; [[Virtual Nursing]]; [[Virtual Clinical Trials]]; [[Telehealth]]; [[Telemedicine]]; [[Telehealth Services]]; [[Telemedicine Services]]