Bill Siwicki
NYC Health + Hospitals has sent approximately 95,500 automated reminders, with 96.4% of them delivered in the patient’s preferred language.
Today it is key to engage patients with their providers and their healthcare. Five patient-engagement-technology experts offer best practices to heighten use of the IT.
In a HIMSS20 Digital session, they cover the human element to IT, some panic, disaster recovery plans, CIOs supporting employees and more.
What’s more, at Peconic Bay Medical Center, the point-of-care tech for physicians led to a 13.5% boost in charge codes captured and a whopping 490% jump in patient satisfaction.
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Further, the network’s clinical portal has served in times of crisis as a backup system for health systems in the case of unexpected EHR outages or planned upgrades.
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On another health IT front at the Alliance for Integrated Care of New York, data used to risk-stratify patients resulted in a $2.4 million reduction in total costs for the ACO.
Nemours Children’s Health System uses multiple technologies to social distance, reduce contact and save PPE.
One telemedicine vendor, which is giving away its technology for two months during the pandemic, discusses the value of virtual care during physical distancing.
CIOs and CISOs take note: In a HIMSS20 Digital session, the former commander of U.S. CyberCommand explains what collective defense is and how it works.
Now, with telemedicine technology in place, the practice’s Florida locations alone are doing more than 5,000 tele-visits a week.