Bill Siwicki
The prolific health system is now able to offer telemedicine appointments to patients for primary care, urgent care and more than 70 specialties. More than 8% of total outpatient visits now are conducted virtually.
The health system has kept the time for patients to get their diagnosis, treatment plan and any prescriptions from their provider through the telemedicine system to less than 25 minutes on average.
A magnetic resonance expert at Siemens Healthineers discusses steps that need to be taken to expand access to the imaging technology.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits, demonstrating the need for and impact of the program.
The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation leader at Teladoc Health.
An IT veteran spells out why so many giants have found the healthcare industry harder to crack than they reckoned and describes what Big Tech must do to succeed. He also discusses Oracle's pending acquisition of Cerner.
Does that stat catch your attention? Good. Shawn Sefton, RN, talks about the results of a new survey of RNs, the key problems it identified – and how technology can help lessen burnout.
Chronic staffing shortages, the need for immutable back-ups, reliance on reactive security technologies – these are big cybersecurity challenges. One expert sees a path forward.
Dr. Darin Vercillo, chief medical officer at About Healthcare, discusses these challenges and others – and describes how new technologies are boosting care coordination and enabling quick, efficient transfers.
Find out why criminals are targeting patients at home, how criminals are trying to access hospital and health system RPM servers – and what CISOs and IT professionals should be doing to fight back.