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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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With so many electronic medical record systems on the market today, it’s difficult to wade through the features and functionality of each system to make sure that it fits the needs of your busy practice. MediNotes e has been specifically designed to stand out in the market, with a design that eliminates navigation and makes multi-tasking a reality.
Ensuring that the right patient is always matched with the right medical history, medications and doctor's instructions is critical to providing the right care.
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.
Fully integrated EMR and practice management software. Transfer all of your exams to AltaPoint with our EMR Exam Word Lists. Document Systems as Normal and annotate exceptions to the Systems in the exam. AltaPoint EMR is uniquely configured to allow any specialty to customize AltaPoint to accept entry for all of your exams. Any specialty will benefit from the use of our AltaPoint EMR.
Web 2.0 is profoundly changing the way we work and interact. More than 90 of the top 100 Web sites are categorized as social networking or search sites, supporting dynamic or user-generated content. Many organizations are embracing the Web as a business platform, but Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and RSS feeds, render traditional security technologies such as antivirus, Web reputation, and basic URL filtering ineffective.
Primera’s BravoPro, the world’s best-selling two-drive, 100-disc capacity disc publisher, has now become the BravoPro Xi-Series.

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  • Preventative Care: A 5 Step Strategy To Avoid Loss Of Patient Data, System Downtime, And Out Of Control Data Management Costs
    2/26/2019

    In healthcare, fast access to critical patient data makes the difference between life and death. If doctors can’t get the patient’s information they need when they need it, the quality of care could be severely compromised with potentially unpredictable consequences.

  • 5 Trends In Healthcare Cloud Computing For 2020
    11/19/2019

    Cloud computing and healthcare go hand in hand and will continue to do so in 2020.

  • Ransomware: Another Sign Of Security Challenges
    4/19/2016

    A new security trend has emerged in the healthcare sector: ransomware attacks. In recent weeks, three large hospitals have been infected with malware that demands money in order to decrypt sensitive data. Most recently, Kentucky-based Methodist Hospital had malware spread across their entire internal networks. The company resorted to shutting down all of its machines in order to scan each one for infections. As of this writing, they had not paid any ransom.

  • Case Study: Silver Cross Hospital Increases Patient Satisfaction With Kiosk Technology
    1/18/2011
    This case study highlights how a self-service kiosk helped Silver Cross Hospital reduce patient wait times. Since implementing the solution Silver Cross has improved its Press Ganey wait-time rankings from the 80th to the 92nd percentile.
  • The Pros And Cons Of EHRs In The Cloud
    5/27/2015

    Patient health records – how secure are they? Fast on the heels of the Anthem breach, news of the Premera Blue Cross cyberattack overtook the headlines. According to a Redspin Report, more than 40 million Americans suffered a breach of their personal health information between 2009 and 2014. Of the PHI data breaches in 2014, more than 50 percent were due to hacking attacks; unauthorized access or disclosure was the cause of a third of the hacks. However, as many institutions prefer to avoid the liability, costs and damage to their reputation that result from disclosure and notification, many breaches go unreported, so that the actual numbers might be much higher. By Amit Cohen, CEO, FortyCloud

  • 5 Ways To Simplify And Secure The Healthcare Endpoint In Urgent Times
    5/11/2020

    Workers in the healthcare industry have a lot on their minds. The sourcing of critical equipment and supplies. The urgent care for a rising number of patients. Not to mention their own safety.

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