Mobile Health Emerges From Pandemic as a Transformative Technology in Healthcare
Sponsored by
Imprivata
May 25, 2021
Virtual rounding. Mobile first. Two concepts that were a rarity before the COVID-19 pandemic. These core concepts allow healthcare staff and their patients to adjust to a new normal, where neither are tethered to a traditional personal computer to communicate, to enter information, or to retrieve it. But along with this newfound freedom and flexibility come increased concerns about the security and privacy of the information being entered and retrieved.
In this report, hear from Harun Rashid, vice president and chief information officer at Akron Children's Hospital and Zafar Chaudry, senior vice president and chief information officer of Seattle Children's Hospital about some of the benefits and challenges of an increased reliance on mobile technology. Additionally, Wes Wright, chief technology officer of Imprivata, provides key insight in an exclusive interview surrounding mobile technology and its new balancing act between usability and security when communicating with patients.
The Path Forward: Five Opportunities to Transform Your Revenue Cycle and Build a Pathway for Long-Term Financial Success
Sponsored by
HBCS
May 21, 2021
Economic pressures from COVID-19 have weighed heavily on health systems, physician organizations, and consumers alike. With hundreds of thousands of individuals losing jobs and employer-sponsored health insurance, along with the significant financial hit providers have experienced since the start of the pandemic, the healthcare industry—which was already challenged with paper-thin margins—is facing even greater downward pressure on revenues.
A new guide from HBCS explores these challenges health systems and physician organizations now face and provides five ways to ensure a successful path forward.
Download now to read the solutions and see the results!
Addressing Overlooked Populations: Creating a Remote Patient Monitoring Program that Supports Behavioral Health and Social Determinants of Health
Sponsored by
CareSignal
May 21, 2021
The pandemic has both exacerbated and brought to light the urgent need to support patients facing behavioral health and social determinants needs. While virtual care solutions such as remote patient monitoring have been deployed to support patients with physical health conditions such as diabetes and heart failure, there is no solution that collects qualitative mental health and social determinants needs.
Learn how a new type of remote monitoring, one that doesn't use devices, can support patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, as well as social determinants while reducing stigma for disclosing such needs.
Virtual Critical Care: A Lifeline for Rural Hospitals and Patients
Sponsored by
Amwell
May 20, 2021
Augusta University Health (AU Health) operates two hospitals, a critical care center, and more than 80 outpatient practice sites in 24 counties in Georgia and South Carolina. In 2019, AU Health partnered with Amwell to roll out a grant-funded program to provide telemedicine emergency services at six rural hospitals in Georgia with two major goals in mind: to improve care in rural communities and keep their hospitals financially viable.
In the summer of 2020, the program pivoted to provide critical care consults to patients with COVID-19 or other chronic conditions who could not be transferred to higher levels of care. In the first months of the program, participating rural hospitals reduced their transfers by more than 80%, enabling patients to receive care in their communities with minimal disruption to continuity of care.
Case Study: Distributed Radiology Spurs Quality and Efficiency
Sponsored by
Envision Physician Services
May 18, 2021
With multiple contracts for radiology services and an arduous quality assurance program, pulling records for case reviews was often a complicated process for one hospital’s radiology department. These challenges often came to a head during Joint Commission inspections, so this hospital sought to improve their radiology services through various optimization practices and strategies.
In this case study, learn how one hospital was able to achieve an immediate cost savings of $600,000 while increasing medical staff satisfaction with radiology services through the implementation of various strategies and best practices, to include:
Streamlining operations
Bolstering clinical and operational confidence for Joint Commission inspections
Application programming interfaces (APIs) already play a vital role in helping to resolve long-standing healthcare challenges—but adoption has been inconsistent.
Read our ebook, Wired for Transformation: The State of Healthcare APIs, for the results of our national study on API adoption, usage, and maturity among payers, providers, and technology companies. Commissioned by Change Healthcare and conducted by ENGINE Insights, the study reveals the growing importance of APIs to the digital health economy.
Discover how technical skills gaps, security concerns, cost restrictions, and competing industry standards are hindering the industry from realizing the full transformative potential of these interfaces. Learn when full parity among payers, providers, and HIT vendors is expected, and understand why the next three years will be pivotal in light of pending ONC and CMS rules. Is your organization ready?