Patient Engagement
The telehealth devices help vulnerable patients nervous about going to the hospital during a pandemic stay in touch with their physicians.
Population Health
We start 2021 with hope and well-founded optimism, despite the ravages of the pandemic, reflects Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS.
The pandemic has shown the crucial role Internet access plays for telehealth, and for the overall health and wellbeing of a population, says CEO Tom Mihaljevic.
A new JAMIA study found that more than 6 million messages related to COVID-19 were sent using the Watson Assistant platform between March 30 and August 10 of this year.
The goal of its Nuance deployment is to significantly reduce after-hours “pajama time” charting while introducing the voice of the patient to the EHR, says its CIO and CMIO.
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Osman Minkara, managing director at Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, discusses improving patient care and satisfaction, obstacles to advanced digital technology and the consumerization of healthcare.
The provider is integrating translation technology to successfully communicate with its many monolingual Chinese patients to gain further efficiencies.
HIMSS Middle East 2020
The collaboration includes the installation of a large number of HemoScreen devices that provide the full 5-part differential CBC test with comprehensive abnormal cell flagging.
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SapphireHMS CIO Omar Shraim explains the importance of digital transformation and how SapphireHMS endeavors to improve patient care.

