Bill Siwicki

Further, the network’s clinical portal has served in times of crisis as a backup system for health systems in the case of unexpected EHR outages or planned upgrades.

On another health IT front at the Alliance for Integrated Care of New York, data used to risk-stratify patients resulted in a $2.4 million reduction in total costs for the ACO.

Nemours Children’s Health System uses multiple technologies to social distance, reduce contact and save PPE.

One telemedicine vendor, which is giving away its technology for two months during the pandemic, discusses the value of virtual care during physical distancing.

CIOs and CISOs take note: In a HIMSS20 Digital session, the former commander of U.S. CyberCommand explains what collective defense is and how it works.

Now, with telemedicine technology in place, the practice’s Florida locations alone are doing more than 5,000 tele-visits a week.

The head of the pediatric practice describes the choice to implement telemedicine as a way to improve patient experience – a choice that turned out to be a valuable investment as coronavirus spread.

TigerTouch aims to simplify telemedicine for patients by offering video, voice and text messaging via smartphone.

Population health tech experts from Enli Health, Epic and Optum showcase best practices for making the IT work best at healthcare provider organizations.

Experts from Pew and Accenture discuss the challenges of patient matching, and describe how biometrics technologies can help.