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Chatbots and related automation can ease staffing shortages, triage patients

Healthcare It News

For example, many hospitals and health systems use automation to ease the burden of staffing shortages and effectively manage and triage patients at scale. For example, Northwell Health implemented health chats with its patients. For example, Northwell Health implemented health chats with its patients.

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Sanford Health's CIO talks virtual care, workforce challenges, modern data ecosystem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. As the largest rural health system in the United States, we are reimagining how we deliver care.

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Optimizing the Healthcare Workforce with Technology

Healthcare IT Today

Through utilizing the technology that we currently have available, many areas of work healthcare professionals are doing can be automated and simplified. Thus reducing burnout and increasing the level of care your patients are receiving. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Take a look at the insights they had to share.

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3 Ways Prescription Tech Will Impact Healthcare Organizations’ Bottom Lines in 2024

HIT Consultant

Miranda Rochol, SVP for Provider Solutions at Prescryptive Health As a new year begins, there’s an opportunity on the horizon for health systems: the prescription experience. Every prescription is an opportunity to pull patients through a digital front door and increase patient engagement and retention.

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17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & Capacity

HIT Consultant

Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity.

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The Advantages, Challenges, and Costs of Healthcare at Home Services

Healthcare IT Today

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Jason Considine, Chief Commercial Officer at Experian Health Staffing shortages will continue to be a major pain point for providers in 2024 and have a direct impact on their bottom line.