Bill Siwicki

The agile software development approach allows for GUI app creation rather than hard coding, and IT staff at the New Jersey provider are using it to their advantage.

Adding clinical decision support and the ability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital enabled, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use.

For example, only around 2% of patients in the home pulse oximetry program have required readmission to date.

The technology has been used across the health system by thousands of providers to make 1.1 million digital health prescriptions to patients. More than 40% of those patients have engaged with at least one piece of content.

At Jordan Valley Community Health Center, a $740,000 award from the FCC meant it was able to deploy clinic-based telemedicine kiosks and home-based virtual care units, all while a NextGen EHR integration is in process.

Since launching the new systems, the health system has increased organic traffic to its website by nearly 30% and increased provider data accuracy by the same percentage.

Coral Gables Hospital has survived major drug shortages, kept tight tabs on inventory, and helped patients and staff stay safe from coronavirus infection.

Interdisciplinary care, when delivered in real time via telemedicine, helped all team members share their knowledge – a big improvement over delivering that expertise separately.

At Ohio-based Harbor, telemedicine services are up 564% compared with 2019. From March to August this year, the provider treated 15,259 patients via remote consult with help from its Lighthouse Telehealth subsidiary.

Throughout the pandemic, the facility has outfitted staff with voice-activated comm badges that keep staff in a room to a minimum and reduce the need to change personal protective equipment.