Bill Siwicki
Managing Editor at Healthcare IT News
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2 days ago |
healthcareitnews.com | Bill Siwicki
Theresa McDonnell, DNP, RN, is somewhat unusual when it comes to healthcare executives. She serves as chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System, one of the top academic health systems in the U.S. What's more, she remains a practicing oncology nurse. She brings this dual perspective – boardroom strategy meets bedside reality – to all the decisions she makes. Most health systems across the country today are reacting to clinician burnout.
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3 days ago |
healthcareitnews.com | Bill Siwicki
Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is a 576-bed teaching hospital, biomedical research facility and Level I trauma center located on the campus of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. It is at the heart of OHSU, a large health system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and southwest Washington. THE CHALLENGELike much of the industry, OHSU has faced a persistent shortage of medical coders, hugely impacting coder case volumes and operational efficiency.
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4 days ago |
healthcareitnews.com | Bill Siwicki
Hackensack Meridian Health has made a conscious effort to identify ways to streamline administrative tasks for its bedside teams, minimizing non-clinical burdens for frontline staff. That's why the New Jersey health system decided to enhance its nursing staff with a virtual nursing program. The work of virtual nursing staff decreases the documentation currently completed by bedside nurses and allows for increased direct care interaction.
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1 week ago |
healthcareitnews.com | Bill Siwicki
Kettering Health Breast Centers was facing a challenge: Its cancer risk assessment process was inefficient and fragmented. Staff there relied on a separate tablet-based system where patients or staff completed risk questionnaires. This setup posed several hurdles: the tablets depended on unstable Wi-Fi, the process was time-consuming to explain to patients and consent was required before conducting assessments.
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1 week ago |
healthcareitnews.com | Bill Siwicki
Berkeley Research Group, more commonly known as BRG, recently launched its "2025 U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Transactions Outlook." The report includes some interesting findings related to healthcare technology. A portion of the data shows, among other things, that providers are considering transactions/deal activity in 2025 to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization.
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