Bill Siwicki
The California arm of the massive health system jumped from one to more than 50 value-based care quality contracts in eight years. It earned more than 50 quality awards in 2024 alone. And it continues to close care and disparity gaps.
Real-time decision support demands an IT network that can handle the volume and velocity of clinical data, while maintaining trust and reliability so clinicians can act on AI recommendations.
The artificial intelligence application has led to $9.3 million in claims paid that might have been denied. What's more, the tech has resulted in $871,000 in new revenue for Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group payments.
A deep dive into care operating systems, the problems they aim to solve, and how they help improve workforce engagement and satisfaction, explained by Josh Clark, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's VP of quality and safety operating systems.
Nursing and IT
A George Mason University expert in nurse burnout also dives into how nurse work scheduling can provide flexibility and improve workforce management and how health IT can support workplace well-being.
Artificial intelligence has elevated the quality and efficiency of documentation, improved the completeness of that documentation and reduced charting time significantly. AI has also enabled more attentive and personalized care.
"When we think of virtual care as an extension of a continuous relationship rather than a transaction, we unlock its true potential for the kids who need it most," says Dr. Patricia Hayes, chief medical officer at Imagine Pediatrics.
The Illinois-based health system has, among many wins, retained 2,400 clinicians and staff who, by traditional patterns, it would not have expected to stay. And it has seen more than a 200% return on every dollar spent on employee tuition.
Nursing and IT
Sarah Gloyne, RN, nurse supervisor of the innovation design unit at the Omaha-based health system, discusses how to make nurses happy with new technology and shares keys to success with a recent RTLS deployment.
Seventy percent of calls require no human intervention. Data is free of human error. Providers save more than two hours per day. Staff no longer are tied up on calls and patients are kept out of phone trees – no one is placed on hold.