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The University of Kansas Health System has boosted overall block utilization by 20% total, prime time by almost 5% total and overall volume by 8% – all with a 7% reduction in available room.

The efficiencies and improvements the provider gained with the new EHR were just the tip of the iceberg. Launching its own managed services organization was the big win.

But change management is important, and visionary nursing leadership is critical, its chief digital health executive says.

Some wins so far? Huge reductions in patient falls and increases in HCAHPS patient satisfaction scores.

The goal was to remove unnecessary barriers patients encountered when seeking answers and do so in a way that empowered the clinical team to provide the best care experience possible.

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About 95% of accounts sent via secure text are paid within 14 days at the southern provider. Mobile pay also has decreased manual work for the patient accounts team by five hours per week, or 260 hours per year.

Expanding access to cardiac rehab via virtual models is critical for addressing the heart disease crisis in the U.S., says the vice president of the Heart & Vascular Institute at Geisinger.

More than 80% of patients prefer this in-depth style of telemedicine to in-person care, says the health system's CMIO.

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