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• EHRs Add To IT Headaches For Healthcare Organizations

  7/31/2019

  The use of electronic health records (EHRs) is supposed to be making healthcare safer and more efficient. Many experts and clinicians say digital patient records are instead compromising safety, lowering efficiency, burdening clinicians and straining maxed-out IT infrastructures.

• The Risks Of Myopic Medical Device Management

  6/14/2019

  The National Eye Institute (part of the NIH, or NIH) has ample evidence that spending too much time in front of a computer screen can lead to myopia, a condition impairs one’s ability to see the full picture clearly and ultimately will lead to eye strain and headaches. This same analogy applies to managing medical devices when healthcare staff spend too much time trying to treat them solely as physical assets or simple computers. This approach will create headaches for compliance and security officers.

• How Hybrid Tech Models Will Enable Healthcare To Outmaneuver Uncertainty

  6/25/2020

  Digital transformation has been underway in healthcare for the better part of a decade, and until a few months ago it was a slow-moving transition for many organizations. But that all changed recently with many forced to make rapid pivots (some overnight), and healthcare leaders learned speed is not only possible but necessary if they are to achieve transformation and thrive in the face of uncertainty going forward.

• Why Healthcare Should Provide Treatment Cost Information

  1/3/2018

  As part of revenue cycle management, patient financials — the ability to discuss treatment costs at the time of service and helping patients understand why visits cost what they do — is crucial and a growing challenge in healthcare IT. Savvy healthcare consumers are demanding more information about all aspects of their medical care and are especially interested in obtaining up-front information about costs in an effort to mitigate increasing premiums and high deductibles.

• NEC Display Solutions For The Healthcare Industry

  11/24/2009

  In a world that’s becoming increasingly fast-paced, on-demand and interconnected, going digital is a necessary transition for today’s healthcare provider. By NEC Display Solutions of America

• Case Study: Vanguard Urologic Institute Reduces Patient Wait Times Via Self-Service

  1/18/2011

  This case study highlights how a self-service kiosk registration solution allowed Vanguard Urologic Institute to reduce average patient wait times to 2 minutes, versus the national average of 21.3 minutes.