Nearly half of U.S. counties have no cardiologist nearby. A telecardiologist working at the heart of virtual care and cardiology today shows how the technology is helping with this and other challenges.
The hospital will also be aiming for Stage 7 INFRAM soon.
The former senior patient service associate pled guilty to the charge.
CIOs and other healthcare technology decision-makers polled by Stoltenberg Consulting say reimbursement and workforce challenges are also top of mind as they continue to invest in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and more.
The University of California at San Francisco's overarching goal was not to replace human judgment but to enhance it – allowing oncologists to focus on personalized treatment rather than spending valuable time retrieving and verifying information.
Almost 20% of healthcare workers polled recently said they spend more than 20 hours per month correcting billing errors. Artificial intelligence can help, but adding automation to billing systems is no easy task.
Its newest report tracking rates of artificial intelligence adoption shows significant maturity in large acute care providers. Key use cases include clinical decision support, documentation automation and workflow efficiency.
Also, the Australian government awarded $4 million in funding to a project building the country's first registry of atrial fibrillation ablations.
A hacker accessed some sensitive data of regional staff in October.
It is part of projects fulfilling the five-year Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy.
Kyle Zebley and Andy Molnar from the American Telemedicine Association dive into four of their most pressing issues after ATA Action recently acquired the former Digital Therapeutics Alliance.
After staff and program cuts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, lawmakers showcased how the loss of funding and employee expertise could affect care delivery for vets, data security for patients and more.
The kidney care provider's build-not-buy effort has shown great results: 30-day readmissions are down 36%, hospitalizations among high-risk patients are down 49% and optimal starts are up 67%.
Additional medical facilities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Alaska will be part of the next round of the federal Electronic Health Record Modernization, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
"On average, only half of patients with chronic disease adhere to their care plans and medications as instructed," says one doctor. "Patients expect on-demand support, and that is not how most health systems operate today."
With the EHR technology, the health system achieved a new patient acquisition boost of 19% through its website and has quadrupled its online booking completion rate.
In their letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., lawmakers requested written responses to a list of questions and a "detailed, staff-level briefing" from those "responsible for developing and executing" the reorganization and reduction in force.
Improving cybersecurity despite resource challenges requires small healthcare providers to pull many support levers. "We need to move away from the idea that each rural hospital is solving these issues alone," says one infosec leader.
The new telemedicine site offers extremely short wait times and enables providers to see nearly twice as many patients as they would in the same period for in-person visits. And it beats the overhead and infrastructure costs of a new physical location.
The merger of American Telemedicine Association's advocacy arm with DTA will create the Advancing Digital Health Coalition, a combined policy and advocacy platform focused on advancing new technologies with the potential to transform patient care.