Bill Siwicki

Yes, RTLS. Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO offers a deep dive into some novel uses of the tracking technology, showing how it can fulfill its long-touted promise of improving care quality, patient and provider experience and the bottom line.

A top nurse and VP of digital health at Penn Medicine offers a wide-ranging look at how nurse leaders must help purchase, implement, use and refine ever more complex artificial intelligence tools.

New monitoring devices and AI algorithms could help reduce staggering costs and improve quality of life for patients with chronic diseases such as COPD, asthma and chronic cough.

EHR-linked virtual care "allows us to expand our capabilities, creating opportunities to build trust," says the health system's chief information and digital officer.

The orthopedics and spine practice has conducted 4,759 pre-collections estimates and is up to $898,000 in pre-collections. Patient AR on the back end has improved significantly, as well.

The technology also helps care teams to standardize patient education and care pathways, while more consistently collecting patient-reported outcomes and other data across its spine, joint and sports medicine service lines, says its orthopedic surgery chief.

The initiative also provides savings in the form of signing bonuses the hospital would have had to pay out for new staff. And it saved $7 million on travel nurses. Further, nurse satisfaction has improved significantly, its chief digital officer says.

With as many as 40% of kids in the U.S. dealing with a chronic condition, one chief medical officer says digital and connected health tools should be put to work improving care for vulnerable infants and children.

Telehealth should not be viewed as a technology first – it should be looked upon as a workflow solution and driver of unused capacity, says a healthcare consultant with new virtual care survey results.

The system, built as part of the organization's digital front door, has achieved both clinical and financial ROI and helped earn a Net Promoter Score of 72.