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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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Provider burnout rates have leveled off, says KLAS report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Beyond the news that overall provider burnout rates did not increase with this year's survey, KLAS researchers found the following factors have improved: High levels of trust in organizational leadership around the EHR correlated with a lower percentage of providers reporting burnout.

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Intelligent Communication: The Key to Retaining Nursing Staff

Healthcare IT Today

According to a recent survey by Jarrard Inc., the nation’s leading healthcare communication firm, only a quarter of the nurses surveyed felt very satisfied with their job and just over one in four are satisfied with their pay. Leadership and colleagues have long shared meaningful stories to inspire the 16,000 hospital employees.

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Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance

Healthcare IT Today

For example, we would explain to them that if they can’t make it to their appointment, you can just send us a message through the portal and we can reschedule it or cancel it. Text Surveys CHA is also leveraging eClinicalWorks to push surveys to their patients via text. It’s a win for everyone involved.

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Patient Input Can Improve AI Models in Health Care: Innovators

Healthcare IT Today

Ubie Incorporates Survey Input into AI Model Development The AI Symptom Checker from Ubie , a Japanese firm, is a fairly typical application of AI in health. Example of accepting patient feedback. ” Warmuth says, “We use post-visit surveys as well as the message score to identify conversations that could be improved. .”

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'Virtual Accident & Emergency' : Scotland at the forefront of HealthTech Innovation

Lloyd Price

High patient satisfaction: Surveys indicate positive feedback from patients who appreciate the ease and effectiveness of the service. Overall, Scotland's virtual A&E program serves as an example of how technology can be leveraged to improve healthcare access and efficiency.

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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Without it, any initiative or leadership buy-in is at risk for failing because you haven’t taken the time to understand it," she explained. What is the landscape of your executive leaderships understanding of digital/telehealth equity? Our team reads the patient comments from these surveys monthly. to 2:30 p.m.