Leveraging the Digital Front Door in Pediatric Care
When seeing a provider, the journey has traditionally begun at the front desk: You’re handed a clipboard with pages and pages to fill out to share your healthcare backstory. The digital front door concept enables the provider to engage with their patient from wherever the patient is comfortable.
Is Patient-Facing AI a Trusted Source of Information for Patients?
PatientGPT, a new AI tool developed by the health system and K Health, can securely access the patient’s medical history to provide personalized answers for patient questions as well as connect patients with a virtual visit through Hartford HealthCare’s HHC 24/7 platform or an appointment with a primary care provider or specialist.
How to Build Patient Trust in AI
Physicians frequently report that AI saves time and helps them make decisions, but not all patients are open to its use. Discover how affected professionals can change that, and why this perception matters.
The Exec: Keys to Success in Integrating Care at Health Systems
From a health system perspective, providing integrated health services includes managing and delivering services to provide patients with a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, disease management, and rehabilitation across different sites of care, according to an article published by the International Journal of Integrated Care.
How Warming Tech from the Automotive World Can Help in Robotic Surgery
Gentherm Medical, a developer of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies best known for partnering with auto makers, has designed a new product that combines air-free patient warming with a securement technology to help keep patients from slipping during procedures using tilt.
Report: Scam Messages Pose Risks to Patient Safety
Conducted by Tebra, the study surveyed 1,000 patients and healthcare professionals—including physicians, nurses, and front office staff—to understand the impact of medical phishing scams.
Bridging Hospital and Home: The Critical Role of Social Workers in Care Coordination
When social workers are integrated into care coordination alongside nurses, they help health systems reduce discharge delays, prevent readmissions, and improve flow across the care continuum. These real-world complexities fall directly into the domain of social work.
How a Chief Product Officer Can Address Healthcare’s Technology Gap
Healthcare has long sought to use technology to improve clinical care, starting with the EHR and now embracing the AI movement, but all too often that technology has thrown up a barrier between patients and their care teams.
Study: Telehealth Isn’t Just a Niche Solution
A new study out of the University of Utah, with support from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, finds that nearly half of all telehealth visits across the country for Medicare patients is for something other than a behavioral health concern.
The Exec: How CMOs Can Successfully Promote High Quality Care
The most important factor in promoting high quality is making sure every staff member is focused on that goal, according to the new CMO at Allegheny General Hospital.