Healthcare IT News October 14, 2020
This was enabled thanks to an FCC COVID-19 grant that supplied all physicians with new laptops that feature HD webcams and processing power for seamless video visits.
As the COVID-19 infections began to spread in the early months of 2020, New York’s Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center started to notice a sizable increase in the number of no-shows and cancellations of office appointments.
THE PROBLEM
Once the pandemic was declared, it was clear that patients no longer felt safe coming to their appointments. Disease does not go on furlough for a global pandemic, so staff knew they had to find an alternative way to continue seeing patients in the safest possible manner for both patients and staff.
PROPOSAL
Niagara Falls...