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Automation has been making human workers superfluous for centuries, but until recently, workers whose jobs required high-level cognitive skills have been able to rest easy, confident no machine could possibly replace them when it came to making nuanced decisions based on the evaluation of complicated, sometimes contradictory data. By Khal Rai, Senior Vice President, Product Development & Operations, SRS Health

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Designed for mobility, the Motion ® C5t delivers productivity and reliability at the point of care. Built on the foundation of the industry’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), designed for healthcare environments and based on input from thousands of clinicians worldwide, the C5t is the right fit for demanding healthcare workflows.

PatientWorks' expert knowledge of patient admission and access management has enabled it to develop its leading edge software. PatientWorks® is a software solution for hospitals that want a more efficient registration process by utilizing the power and flexibility of electronic forms. PatientWorks offers a natural migration path for existing card-based solutions.
Protiviti’s Electronic Discovery professionals help organizations institute a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve their electronic discovery (e-discovery) capabilities.
ChiroTouch chiropractic software system is state-of-the-art practice management software designed specifically for the chiropractic practice. ChiroTouch is your best source for combined Electronic Medical Records (EMR), billing, chiropractic SOAP notes, advanced scheduling and practice management software. Using the latest Microsoft .NET connectivity, our chiropractic software provides a highly intuitive and fully customizable documentation system that allows your office to spend more time providing quality patient care.
Confidential information abounds in healthcare, so healthcare providers must ensure that their records are easy and efficient to obtain, yet secure from unauthorized access.
New legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the USA PATRIOT Act has significantly changed the regulatory landscape.

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FEATURED CONTENT

  • Private Physician Plaintiff Not “Employee” Of Hospital For Title VII Purposes
    9/3/2019

    A federal appeals court recently rejected a physician’s employment discrimination lawsuit against a hospital that revoked her privileges because it found her not to be an “employee” eligible to bring such a claim. The lessons you can learn from this decision might help your organization defend a similar claim in the future.

  • Case Study: University Hospital Of Leipzig Optimizes Care With Mobility Solutions
    8/12/2009
    The University Hospital of Leipzig has closed the last gap in the use of the Electronic Patient Files for inpatient treatment: their deployment at the bedside. By Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
  • Trust-Farming Reality Of Modern Medical Portals
    2/27/2018

    In the digital age, Internet opinion is the benchmark when it comes to choosing competitive services or goods. Medical web portals, complex by nature, have to keep up with the reality, whilst healthcare providers are wondering how to transform medical portals into the platforms for trust-building interaction with current and prospective service consumers.

  • Document Storage Systems: The Role They Could Play In Healthcare
    8/9/2017

    Document storage systems are becoming imperatives in healthcare, particularly as the industry changes in terms of legislation, privatization, and direct care measures. By Jesse Wood, CEO, eFileCabinet

  • The Failings Of Meaningful Use
    3/16/2015

    It is remarkable that a program aimed at specific end users continues despite the fact the majority of those end users refuse to comply, even despite financial penalties from CMS. By Linda M. Girgis, MD, FAAFP

  • 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.

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