Bill Siwicki
A nurse IT expert discusses these topics and offers tips for healthcare leaders who want to better serve patients with EHRs and patient portal support.
The California health system's physicians are using the technology to improve the miss rate for diagnosing precancerous polyps found during colonoscopies.
Half the population has at least one chronic disease. Care for these sick patients is costly. RPM has the potential to help.
Healthcare IT News talks with a telehealth expert on the benefits and challenges of virtual care for rural patients.
The health system found a virtual care app for its weight management program that effectively engaged patients in their care and helped staff improve their patient experience.
The tool puts self-service scheduling in the hands of patients, helping them avoid long phone calls and enabling health system staff to manage big appointment surges.
The organization now is able to manage six times the number of referrals monthly at its central referral center – all without hiring more staff.
And it dramatically improved the patient experience: In one case, the physician group dropped a patient’s ER visits from nearly twice a month to zero.
A telemedicine expert discusses how virtual care will evolve beyond its current use.
A pharmacotherapy expert walks readers through the ways different forms of heath IT can help detect and track prescription drug abuse – and prevent it.