Bill Siwicki

This special report brings together four telemedicine experts from Amwell, Caregility, Eko and emocha Health to offer best practices for optimal technology performance.

Today the high-profile provider is using its expansive, multistate telemedicine programs to best serve COVID-19 patients.

A time study showed the old workflow took 144 seconds to view an Rx report; the new, integrated workflow takes 10 seconds – saving 58 hours across the organization.

The healthcare organization is using a $630,000 FCC award to get telemedicine into the home, including with remote patient-monitoring devices.

The Wisconsin health network prescribes apps through its Epic EHR to help patients successfully combat depression and anxiety.

The MA FQHC Telehealth Consortium is ensuring patient access wherever it can, and generating revenue to sustain health center operations during the pandemic.

The health system reversed the prediction that productivity would fall by 40% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead increasing productivity by 43%.

The University of Virginia Health System tied that telemedicine technology to its Epic EHR and a home-monitoring team to achieve positive results for COVID-19 treatment.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital-Westover Hills saved two hours and 40 minutes per patient discharge – and the increased capacity led to $351,000 in revenue gained in a year for the 150-bed community hospital.

Kennedy Krieger Institute, a children’s provider organization, also is using its new FCC award funds to augment existing telemedicine initiatives to reduce health disparities and improve healthcare equity.