Bill Siwicki

Through robust use of telehealth, Catalight offers care to 99% of families within 10 days – roughly 80% faster than national norms. The customer satisfaction score is 4.34 out of 5. And there has been a 30% reduction in care costs.

Epic Emeritus CMIO and former HIMSS Board Chair Dr. Michael H. Zaroukian offers health system IT leaders lessons from literature, frameworks for accomplishment, and an in-depth look into HIMSS Maturity Models designed to get EHRs to peak performance.

It has also helped to minimize opioid use at the health system, which grew virtual reality from a small pilot in two units with three superusers to wider use across 14 units with nearly 70 trained superusers and dozens of VR headsets in active rotation.

The platform, which includes AI-enabled features, has helped Orka Health and Wellness reduce the time required to meet insurance requirements for client progress notes and ease the process of meeting new clinician quotas.

A QHIN and interoperability pro explains what clean, standardized and interoperable data enables with AI. He also details good governance and standardized frameworks for what constitutes clean data.

Remote patient monitoring that relies only on text messages could help drive engagement, compliance and outcomes at scale. And extend beyond biometrics to include data such as behavioral health concerns, post-discharge challenges and SDOH.

The health system achieved 100% adoption of an AI platform that consolidates multiple sources of clinical information into one easy-to-access mobile app. Clinician satisfaction with data access increased from 22% to 84%.

The report should be a reality check, says Dr. Tim O'Connell, CEO of NLP company emtelligent. He digs into the new study, discusses genAI hurdles (and ways to jump them) and highlights the gap between real back office gains and "visibility spending."

Deploying a central-fill Rx model for its 21 hospitals has dramatically reduced technician hours – and the risk of medication errors. Automation gains have also enabled the health system to reopen a long-closed hospital in an underserved area.

The company, which offers interventional imaging services to providers nationwide, uses hosted tools to gain efficiencies and keep pace with growth. It's on pace to read more than 2 million studies in 2025 and expects to double that number next year.