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After redesigning and automating patient throughput processes, the organization experienced a 51% reduction in FTE daily hours worked in the logistics center. This included a drop from 116 to 56 hours per day.

To be carried out over the next two years, the plan seeks to equip health workers with skills in delivering virtual care.

Miriam McNicholas, clinical policy administrator at Hackensack Meridian Health, describes how New Jersey's largest health system is using software to train newly added RNs of varying experience levels.

Also, Shaun Drummond has formally taken on the role of director-general at Queensland Health.

Dr. Nigel Spier, OBGYN and team lead for ModMed OBGYN, explains how adaptive technology can comprehend how physicians manage patients, based on their training and guidelines, and free them up to spend more time with high-touch patients.

The technology can complement EHRs, reduce errors and enhance time management, explains Dr. Subha Airan-Javia, a hospitalist at University of Pennsylvania Health System and founder of CareAlign.

Using electrical impedance tomography, researchers say MuscleRehab breaks "the muscle-motion language barrier," offering PT results beyond the capability of personal health-sensing devices.

The prior authorization process is a pain – even the Surgeon General knows. Here, one physician IT leader highlights how electronic prior authorization can make life a lot easier for all involved.

A physician and virtual care expert discusses how demand for behavioral health services is increasing and what telemedicine can do to meet these needs. He shows how the tech can help serve vulnerable populations.

The two organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to bring paperless healthcare to the 53 member states of the WHO's European region.