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The health system has experienced a 15.2% increase in case volume and a 12.4% increase in prime-time utilization, among other wins.
A pilot saw a 57% reduction in readmissions for high-risk patients, taking their readmissions from 19% to 8%, ultimately saving the health system $183,000 in care costs.
Based on their experience with Vocera Ease, which helps connect care teams and patients' loved ones during surgeries, 95% of users said they would recommend the hospital to others.
Even amid the pandemic, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found success for peri- and post-transplant care in 2020. It's now tending to hundreds of children with video visits during the second wave of COVID-19.
The artificial intelligence iPhone app integrates with the 13-location practice's EHR, sending doctors' spoken words directly into the right places in the record.
Some of the apps were comparable to general practitioners when it came to safety performance, but none were as accurate in terms of diagnosing ailments.
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The company has declined to comment on Business Insider's report that it will seek to expand the app-based Amazon Care beyond its own employees.
University of California, Berkeley, medical scientists use a Bluetooth-enabled tracking watch to study ways the bond between patient and caregiver benefits the patient.