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• Want Real Healthcare Reform? Start Listening To Patients' Social Posts

  8/21/2018

  Enlightened hospital systems have already started to listen to patients who are sharing their experiences on the web: on Twitter, in public posts to hospitals’ Facebook pages, and in public reviews on Google and a host of healthcare review sites.

• Getting Beyond The Telehealth 'Stop Gap' Mentality

  9/15/2020

  Since COVID-19 emerged as a major health threat, virtual care has taken off. As many as 46 percent of patients reported in late April that they had used telehealth to replace a canceled healthcare visit in 2020, while 48 percent of physicians said they had started using telehealth to treat patients.

• How Hospitals In Contingency Mode Can Leverage Time To Get EHRs Right

  5/18/2020

  The phrase “time is money” is credited to Benjamin Franklin, who used it in a 1748 essay, Advice to a Young Tradesman. These words still ring true, especially in the medical profession where time is money for providers. For forward-thinking hospitals, time is also an opportunity to get things right.

• Healthcare And Banking Convergence Calls For Stricter Security

  3/13/2015

  Regulatory and compliance pressures continue to rise for healthcare companies, and for good reason. The convergence of healthcare, banking and technology has created a much greater need for consumer education, security, and privacy. The most recent high-profile healthcare industry breach is another reminder of the importance of securing customers’ most sensitive and valuable data – but it surely won’t be the last. More than ever before, security and privacy protections are critical components of any platform. By Carlos Hernandez, VP of Strategic Accounts, Acclaris

• COVID-19 Communications: Meeting Patients Where They Are

  2/10/2021

  There’s been a spate of good news in recent weeks on the COVID-19 vaccine front that is cause for hope and optimism in the war against the coronavirus. The pace of vaccine production and distribution by the U.S. government has been accelerated, making more doses available to more people sooner. In many states, the prioritized rollout has transitioned from healthcare workers and long-term facility residents to vaccinating adults 70 years of age and up. President Joe Biden has set a goal to administer 100 million shots of the vaccine in his first 100 days in office.

• The Identity Lifecycle Of Healthcare Workers: Improving Security And Access Management

  3/5/2019

  A survey by Compdata validates what healthcare organizations are experiencing everyday: one of the highest employee turnover rates in an overall job market whose turnover rate is going up every year. The 2018 survey shows healthcare at a total turnover rate of 20.4 percent, bracketed by hospitality, at 31.8 percent and manufacturing and distribution at 20 percent. The implications are clear for healthcare IT and security professionals – a significant part of their job is onboarding new personnel, revising access as personnel change roles, and securely offboarding employees to guard against risk.