Bill Siwicki

An expert offers his perspective on an age-old question for health system CIOs.

"An organization's digital strategy is often tied to the capability of its EHR, and when that system is feature-rich, it continually evolves," Centura's director of virtual care says of Epic's telehealth capabilities.

The CEO of Biotricity, which recently secured National Institutes of Health funding to prove out some of its remote patient monitoring tech, offers a deep dive into RPM for kidney and heart illnesses.

Improvements can upset the apple cart for clinicians. An expert at EHR maker athenahealth offers advice on how to make sure the patient and clinician experiences both are top-notch.

The health system has been able to do 7% more surgical cases despite having to close 20% of its ORs at times. The organization now is meeting or exceeding budgeted volumes.

The biggest achievement via the new virtual care workflow has been increased productivity, enabling providers to see more patients in less time.

Doug Duskin, CEO of Avel eCare, offers a look at the learnings that came out of his company's first annual conference.

Everything starts with understanding the basics and doing them flawlessly, one cybersecurity expert advises. But there is much more work to be done.

With workforce shortages stretching staff thin, the technology helps engage new candidates, shorten time-to-fill and enable new hires success, says the health system's chief talent acquisition officer.

"We've been able to minimize interruptions to hospital operations and patient care, foster ongoing healthcare innovations with AI and analytics, and allow clinicians to access medical data in seconds," a tech director says.