Women In Health IT

Providers say there are a number of logistical, regulatory and educational hurdles that must be overcome for telehealth to reach its potential.

To protect kids, families and staff during the pandemic, the organization expanded telemedicine offerings, supporting a 5,500% growth in virtual visits in less than a month.

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, with the efficiency gained through Cerner EHR-linked analytics, has reduced the time spent aligning daily staffing by 70 hours per week.

A time study showed the old workflow took 144 seconds to view an Rx report; the new, integrated workflow takes 10 seconds – saving 58 hours across the organization.

HealthEC is able to identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19, says Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, the company's senior medical director.

The University of Virginia Health System tied that telemedicine technology to its Epic EHR and a home-monitoring team to achieve positive results for COVID-19 treatment.

Tia cofounder and CEO Carolyn Witte discusses the growing world of "femtech" and what it means to run a startup during the coronavirus pandemic.

Kennedy Krieger Institute, a children’s provider organization, also is using its new FCC award funds to augment existing telemedicine initiatives to reduce health disparities and improve healthcare equity.

Not only must the front door be easy to open, it must extend beyond the system's website to search engines and guided interactions like text and chat, say Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer at Kyruus, and AVIA VP Sonia Singh.