COVID-19 pushed the New York behavioral health provider into telehealth. It has since fully embraced the technology, enabling it to provide more services for patients.
President-elect Joe Biden announced this week that he had nominated Dr.
Based on their experience with Vocera Ease, which helps connect care teams and patients' loved ones during surgeries, 95% of users said they would recommend the hospital to others.
Future50 leaders address the need for more resources and recognition of women in the healthcare IT industry during a Middle East HIMSS webinar.
Telemedicine made it possible to staff sister hospital Cannon Memorial and keep it open to medical patients. "Preserving a critical access hospital for the people who need care in this rural area is a very big deal," a physician exec says.
“A big contributing factor to this success was the creation of auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements,” said the health system’s CMIO.
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One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.
A research letter published this week found no difference in patient satisfaction scores despite the discrepancy in EHR time between male and female physicians.
The Cerner technology has helped decrease patient transfers to other locations and reduce average transfer time. It also helps track COVID-19 metrics for individual facilities across the health system.
Nurses at Florida’s Lakewood Ranch Medical Center have reduced the stress and worry of patients and their loved ones with a secure, easy-to-use messaging app called EASE.
