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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

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"Supportive leadership and persistent visionaries decided telemedicine was the solution to this continuously growing problem of too few specialists and pediatric patients with complex healthcare needs scattered and isolated all over rural Kansas and Missouri," she added.

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The Edge of Healthcare: Improving Patient Care through Connected Technologies

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How can we ensure patients’ privacy with all the devices and sensors transmitting data? Let’s explore some of these key questions with two of Dell Technologies’ subject matter experts in these topics, Romina Elias, Healthcare Chief Nursing Information Officer and Jeff Kenkel, Global Chief Technology Officer, Life Sciences and Edge.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Specific Types of Help

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Previous articles covered the definition, collection, sharing, and use of SDoH. A patient can speak to a nurse immediately—as opposed to calling a PCP, who might take hours or even days to return a call—and determine whether a problem can be solved at home, urgent care, or the emergency room.

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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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When things are simple and easy to pay for, patients are happy, the staff is happy, and you are most definitely happy. When done right, revenue integrity management supports the delivery of high-quality care, enabling providers to reinvest in staff, infrastructure, and technology, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

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Rutledge and Tina Burbine of Healthlink Advisors say that in-patient visits can turn up aspects of SDoH that you wouldn’t get in an office visit or even a virtual conference. A visiting nurse can look in the kitchen cabinets and refrigerator, for instance, to find out whether the patient has enough food and what its quality is.

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Challenges, Ethical Concerns, and Pessimistic Views with AI Integration

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We’re told that different AI applications and tools can reduce administrative burden and clinical burnout, improve patient experience and outcomes, and so much more. Nurses, in particular, often field a variety of patient calls that range from scheduling appointments to answering medical questions.

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ViVE 2024 – What Threat or Opportunity Should Health IT Leaders be Keeping Their Eye On?

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Larry Adams, EVP of Growth at ShiftMed I think health IT leaders really need to think about the healthcare industry and how we’re going to brace innovation and solving the workforce shortages within the nursing strategies itself. In addition, you have nurses and other extended-care staff leaving healthcare in record numbers.

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