Bill Siwicki

The chief technology officer of Royal Philips provides some answers for health system CIOs and other IT leaders.

Its telehealth and remote patient monitoring efforts, expanded to help with COVID-19 treatment, are improving care and the patient experience – and helping compliance with a new CMS program.

The technology connects facility staff to 300,000 healthcare professionals who use the app to claim shifts, while a portal eases electronic credentialing and COVID-19 test tracking.

Survey data shows patients, their families and friends are happy with the simple mobile app, which has boosted the Florida health system's OAS CAHPS scores.

An FCC grant gets the prominent hospital through the pandemic's intense telemedicine demands while staff continues work on an enterprise digital-transformation initiative.

Remote patient monitoring linked to the EHR helps researchers reveal important discoveries about the differences in recovery between women of both races.

The goals of its virtual care program include improving access to specialty expertise, enhancing the patient experience, reducing costs and enhancing clinical outcomes.

In 2020, a record number of 1,268 Microsoft vulnerabilities were discovered, a 48% increase year over year, a BeyondTrust report finds. Its CISO sits for an interview to dig deep into the findings.

For the newest installment in this feature series, three CIOs, a CMIO and an innovation VP discuss lessons they've learned during the past year, and describe go-forward strategies for cloud, virtual care and more.

The Idaho Health Data Exchange goes beyond many traditional HIEs, incorporating advanced data sharing capabilities and actionable data insights. Its master patient index has proven quite useful during COVID-19.