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Westchester Medical Center added strength to its 10-hospital system by creating redundancy in cross-coverage by physicians and specific COVID-19 workflows, claim Medical Director Corey Scurlock and Caregility's Wendy Deibert.
Sparrow Health had the infrastructure in place to be first in line to do virtual care when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, says Dr. Michael Zaroukian, VP, CMIO and CTO of the health system.
Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, senior medical director at HealthEC, discusses how her company is able to identify the top 10 percent of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19.
Most physician practices say they're unprepared for the continued ravages of the coronavirus, and even larger practices are looking at potentially billions in lost revenue.
Change Healthcare has seen some big changes of its own in the year since its IPO, says CEO Neil de Crescenzo, who describes how it's been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.
Invalidating the federal healthcare law would result in 20 million or more uninsured – a bad outcome for many as COVID-19 is surging across the country.
Prospective analytics must include business continuity scenarios that can be upended 180 degrees, says Peyman Zand, VP of CereCore.
The pandemic has forced the adoption of telehealth and other technologies that already existed, says Cam Deemer, president of DrFirst.
Now that the virtual health platform is mainstream, future efforts will likely focus on the disparity in numbers between patients and providers.
The front door needs to be easy to open and extend beyond the system's website to search engines and guided interactions like text and chat, say Erin Jospe, MD, chief medical officer at Kyruus, and AVIA VP Sonia Singh.
The experience has made fans of patients who love virtual visits as more convenient, time-saving and equal to in-person care, says Dr. Chris Hobson, CMO for Orion Health.