Bill Siwicki

Inland Empire Health Plan and Preveon clinical pharmacists use review system to achieve a 50 percent drop in drug-drug interactions, a 50 percent drop in duplications, and two meds discontinued per patient, on average.

“In a surgical environment where one minute of OR time is worth $37, the improvements that we’re achieving on a daily basis have a big impact to our efficiency and bottom line,” explained Dr. Kathy Cho of University Hospitals Ahuja.

One company is working on cutting-edge technology that could change the way providers treat neurological diseases.

With a customized build, physicians and nurses have only the most important and the most recent data to observe. And now the tele-ICU staff is the first line of patient troubleshooting.

Real-time notifications have allowed the case managers to follow up with more patients during their hospital stay and engage members. It’s also made for more accurate contact information.

Four imaging technology experts offer healthcare CIOs and other executives and health IT workers advice for bringing new imaging tech online.

The health system has identified tens of millions of dollars in potential savings in the area of cost avoidance through intervention.

Poor networking was hindering growth at the health system. With new tech, the clinician satisfaction rate has soared to 95% and network uptime is up to 99%.

The radiology provider says up to 5,400 authorizations could be required per day. Automation of the process, while maintaining a human touch, has brought many efficiencies.

"Telemedicine optimizes our practice's capabilities, and also improves our patients' outcomes," said Dr. Robert S. Kaufmann of the internal med practice.