Bill Siwicki

Physicians at all eight of its hospitals can use one viewer to see almost all clinical imagery. Patients can view images in the patient portal, too – and 11,000 do so each month.

Nearly half of U.S. counties have no cardiologist nearby. A telecardiologist working at the heart of virtual care and cardiology today shows how the technology is helping with this and other challenges.

The University of California at San Francisco's overarching goal was not to replace human judgment but to enhance it – allowing oncologists to focus on personalized treatment rather than spending valuable time retrieving and verifying information.

Kyle Zebley and Andy Molnar from the American Telemedicine Association dive into four of their most pressing issues after ATA Action recently acquired the former Digital Therapeutics Alliance.

The kidney care provider's build-not-buy effort has shown great results: 30-day readmissions are down 36%, hospitalizations among high-risk patients are down 49% and optimal starts are up 67%.

With the EHR technology, the health system achieved a new patient acquisition boost of 19% through its website and has quadrupled its online booking completion rate.

The new telemedicine site offers extremely short wait times and enables providers to see nearly twice as many patients as they would in the same period for in-person visits. And it beats the overhead and infrastructure costs of a new physical location.

After yet another temporary extension of pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, a partner at healthcare consulting firm Chartis offers a vision for a sustainable future for these promising care models.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief medical officer at telehealth and remote patient monitoring firm Cadence  and former virtual care and digital health chief at Providence, sees a way to create a more sustainable and patient-centered healthcare system.

Tom Kiesau, chief innovation officer and leader, digital and technology transformation, at healthcare consulting firm Chartis, discusses his vision of AI that includes the aging population, clinical and operational AI, AI operating models and much more.