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Public health services in South Australia and Melbourne are set to implement a digital patient flow management platform.
Oklahoma Heart Hospital CIO David Miles and his team made it through in one piece. He offers tips for those facing an electronic health record switch, discusses staff resistance – and talks about what it takes to successfully work with a consulting firm.
Among other wins, St. Luke's University Health Network has reduced length of stay for patients going to post-acute facilities by 0.3 days. This decrease translates into significant bed availability and improved patient throughput.
What's more, the 2024 Compass Survey from symplr finds that 85% of clinicians say they lose more than an hour each day to administrative tasks – time that could be used for patient care if the right technology was in place.
The typical chief information officer in healthcare is taking on more responsibility for determining strategy and digital transformation, with 84% of CIOs now part of their organization's executive leadership team.
The women's healthcare company failed to find adequate product market fit, and the company's CEO, Alison Greenberg, says many lessons were learned along the way.
Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health.
The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
By partnering with Meharry Medical College, the cloud giant says it aims to enhance community care and wellness in Middle Tennessee with AI and clinical applications, spark health innovation and cultivate workforce skills.
The new Veterans Community will support veteran workforce development and transition to civilian life for former members of any branch of the U.S. military and their spouses.
