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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Feature More than ever before, healthcare organizations are working harder to prioritize the patient experience. From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary in-person care and procedures while offering patients complementary proven interventions ideally suited for telemedicine.

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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"This session will explore ways in which Henry Ford Health and other health systems have addressed the gaps and helped overcome barriers," she added. Equity is important to health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems because telehealth is not going away, she said. Why should a health system care?

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At Baptist Health, Epic-linked asynchronous telehealth boosts provider and patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care delivery, and to ensure it was providing innovative quality care to meet community needs. Oliver, Baptist Health. THE PROBLEM.

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Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

Healthcare IT Today

Having a career in Health IT requires a lot of skills and qualifications, even more so if you want that career to be successful – but what are those skills and qualifications? To authentically contribute to societal health, it’s crucial to accept failure as an integral part of the process.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The high demand for pediatric specialty providers and the constraints many families face regarding transportation, time off from work and school, and finances, made it obvious that traditional models of outreach healthcare were not sustainable," said Morgan Waller, director of telemedicine business and operations at Children's Mercy.

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A Look at Patient Experience, A New Infection Control Feature, and RPM 2.0 at the CHIME Fall Forum

Healthcare IT Today

At the CHIME Fall Forum conference, we had a chance to sit down with a number of great health IT vendors to learn more about what they’re doing in health IT, what they’d heard at the show, and a new product announcement. Check out these short video interviews to learn more.