Newsday – Health IT Staff Shortage, Telehealth Long-Term, and the Future Patient Portal
October 11, 2021: It’s Newsday with Dr. Justin Collier, Chief Healthcare Advisor for World Wide Technology. A lawsuit is alleging that a cyber incident at Springhill Medical Center led to an infant’s death. A Mercer report confirms that the healthcare workforce is burned-out and traumatized following COVID. Graphite Health launched with its first three organizing members SSM Health, Presbyterian Healthcare and Intermountain. And the ONC reported an increase in patient portal usage. How do we bring clinicians up to speed quicker with technology? How can we make the onboarding process faster and more efficient for traveling nurses? And telehealth use is still surging but patient satisfaction has declined.
Key Points:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:06:30 – In the next 5 years 900,000 nurses are projected to permanently leave their profession
00:10:36 – The clinicians focus on the patient and on patient interaction is what really fuels their engines
00:19:00 – If I were a CIO today, I’d be planning on a significant amount of turnover
00:21:48 – One of the key drivers of joy is knowing that your work has meaning
00:26:04 – Patient portal usage is up. Why is that?
00:34:30 – Once the world is healthier, I think it’s going to be convenience and ease that will drive continued telehealth encounters
Stories:
- Hospital ransomware attack led to infant’s death, lawsuit alleges – Healthcare IT News
- Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours – McKinsey
- Mercer Report: Healthcare Labor Shortage Will Continue to Grow – Healthcare Innovation
- Graphite Health Launches with Three Founding Partners Intermountain, SSM Health and Presbyterian
- ONC: More patients are downloading their medical records and using portals – Healthcare IT News
- How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes – Healthcare IT News
- Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds – FierceHealthcare
- Maryland Insurer CareFirst Launches Virtual-First Primary Care Business – Healthcare Innovation
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