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That's for coronary artery bypass grafting patients at Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, compared with a national average of 2.5%. Remote patient monitoring also has reduced 30-day readmissions by 40%.
Combined practice management tools have also helped the applied behavioral analysis clinic, which serves a healthcare desert, increase client progress and enhance staff efficiency.
The IT director at the Central Ohio provider describes how telemedicine capabilities were built up from scratch to become an important part of practice.
By August, the consortium hopes to reach 2,000 school districts in Texas with its mental health programs, which include virtual care.
In two years following 100 new-start opioid use disorder patients, Bill Farr says 94% remained in the medication-assisted treatment program – attrition rates had previously hovered around 54%.
A tech management consultant shows provider organization execs and clinicians where this hot AI application can help with one of healthcare's most pressing issues. But caution is required.
The rural health system is in a designated Health Provider Shortage Area. Among many other benefits, virtual care is giving patients access to care they otherwise could not receive without massive travel.
The CIO of the NYC-based federally qualified health center tells the story of going from no telemedicine to a thriving virtual care business.
Healthcare is moving quickly to convenient locations like pharmacies, says a pharmacy IT expert.
Lessons learned from the HIMSS23 Machine Learning & AI for Healthcare Forum, as told by David Metcalf, director of METIL at the UCF Institute for Simulation & Training.