Bill Siwicki

Many med students fear artificial intelligence, studies show. One physician AI expert explains how the technology can assist, not replace, doctors working in pathology, diagnostic radiology and anesthesiology.

Not too long ago, about 17% of remotely monitored patients needed a higher level of care. Today it's in the 3% to 5% range, keeping more people in their homes and coordinating their care.

An expert offers perspective on the complex process, and explains how automation can save time and trouble for telehealth initiatives – and help providers avoid costly errors.

A new poll finds health system chief information officers saying marketers don't always appreciate their pain points. The same survey shows IT leaders getting information from online videos and basing buying decisions on news coverage.

Marcus Perez, president of Altera Digital Health, offers some intriguing predictions for the year ahead.

One expert contends telehealth can be the key to these programs, and that virtual care can be a disease-prevention tool to help with value-based care reimbursement models.

Health system Mercy's groundbreaking facility makes robust use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring – and has the results to prove the model's success.

Protecting its patients from COVID-19, the 64-site health center moved from very limited telemedicine capabilities to wide-ranging virtual care supported by an FCC grant.

The health system is using AI to provide COVID-19 risk assessments, virtualize waiting rooms for physician appointments and automate the PCP-to-specialist referral process.

“A big contributing factor to this success was the creation of auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements,” said the health system’s CMIO.