Women In Health IT

Before deploying the technology, staff was 67% core staff, 8% flexible staff and 25% agency staff. Afterward, the mix became 69% core, 23% flexible and gig staff, and only 8% agency staff.

The advantages of working in rural healthcare, including speed to market in developing and testing new programs, outweigh the challenges, says Dr. Priscilla Frase, Ozarks Healthcare CMIO and 2024 Changemaker Award recipient.

Nurse informaticists should have a voice in selecting new technologies such as AI to ensure they address bias and capture accurate data, says Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, program director of nursing informatics at NewYork-Presbyterian.

Artificial intelligence can enhance virtual nursing, quality and outcomes, and healthcare transformation, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of Artisight, a healthcare AI technology company. She shows how.  

Clinical outcomes have shown 82% of patients experienced lowered blood pressure via remote patient monitoring at the health system, with severely hypertensive patients seeing a significant decrease after 90 days on the program.

The Eye Care Center of Northern Colorado's new EHR/PM was painful – so it switched again. The result? A dozen clicks down to one. Two-and-a-half minutes down to just 30 seconds. More data sharing between physicians and specialists. And a biggie: correct bills.