Bill Siwicki
Healthcare IT News
Chicago, IL, United States
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How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes
One of the nurse executives who helped create the world's first virtual hospital offers a deep dive into the benefits of a hybrid approach to nursing that employs telehealth. → Read More
Using RPM to manage customized, specialty care between office visits
The future of remote patient monitoring will be defined by broader adoption, novel devices, application to more conditions and consolidation of vendors, one expert says. → Read More
Omaha pediatric hospital achieves success with comprehensive digital front door strategy
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center launched its Children’s GO mobile app that combines a variety of digital offerings into one single "entrance." → Read More
A primer on generative AI – and what it could mean for healthcare
The chief scientific officer at a telehealth company innovating with generative AI shares his expertise on this new technology that has captured the public's imagination. → Read More
A virtual speech therapy trailblazer offers a deep dive into this telehealth treatment
Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at a virtual speech therapy company, spells out how this virtual care works and how it can achieve outcomes better than in-person care. → Read More
Mercy overhauls its systems for a better patient experience
In a far-reaching discussion, the health system's CIO takes us step by step through some of those major IT changes, and offers his perspective on optimizing care delivery. → Read More
An AI primer: machine learning, federated learning and more
The author of a study on clinical federated learning walks readers through various forms of artificial intelligence and shows how provider organizations can use each. → Read More
How best to manage, or dump, legacy healthcare IT systems
Tony Jaros, CEO of Legacy Data Access, shares expertise on the vanishing art of in-house mastery of legacy systems, retiring systems after M&A and more. → Read More
How UPMC's virtual-first healthcare model works
Dr. Salim Saiyed, UPMC Central Pennsylvania's CMIO, offers a detailed look at how the health system is deploying this advanced telehealth approach. He describes its challenges and benefits. → Read More
Telehealth trends in 2023: virtual-first, health equity and more
A greater focus on care coordination and further embrace of telemedicine by payers will also be hallmarks this year, says one virtual care expert. → Read More
VGM increases revenue with better data for business intelligence
The improved analytics are helping the post-acute healthcare organization's members find new patients, expand into new markets and meet their business goals. → Read More
How synthetic data can boost efficiency for clinical researchers and IT leaders
Washington University and Ottawa Hospital used synthetic data to review a sepsis prediction model used in both institutions over the course of two phone calls – avoiding months of conventional research arrangements. → Read More
Northwell Health innovates with occupational health and HR technology
A top exec at the New York health system shows how tech originally used for COVID-19 has been expanded to other areas to gain great efficiencies in taking care of the organization's 80,000 employees. → Read More
Women's telehealth program diminishes stigma via technology
For pregnant and postpartum women, the Medical University of South Carolina has replaced face-to-face mental health screenings for stigmatized conditions with a text messaging-based telemedicine system. → Read More
Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success
The health system was using another telemedicine vendor's tools when the pandemic first hit. But it quickly saw what Zoom could do for virtual care innovation across several departments and specialties. → Read More
AI can be a big help to healthcare workers, but there are legal issues to consider
An expert in artificial intelligence and machine learning from a top national law firm offers perspective for healthcare C-suite executives and other health IT leaders. → Read More
Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies
Chronic diseases cost the U.S. $3.7 trillion per year. Focusing on preventive care is central to physical and economic survival – and home-based tech can make a big difference, one expert contends. → Read More
An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program
The health system has achieved much success. For example: With remote patient monitoring, there was a 60% reduction in hospital admissions for those who were ongoing users of the emergency departments for chronic conditions. → Read More
Why NLP can only succeed in healthcare if it caters to caregivers
Natural language processing can improve clinical documentation, drive actionable insights and help reduce clinician burnout, one expert says. But providers must be onboard. → Read More
HIMSSCast: The Quintuple Aim – why health equity is a critical addition
Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, shows how important health equity is to healthcare's ultimate combination of goals. → Read More