FEATURED CONTENT

• Change, Technology, And Physicians: Can The Value-Based Care Transformation Prevent Burnout?

  9/19/2017

  Fifty-one percent. More than half. A majority. By John Khoury, Pharm.D., Vice President, National Payor/Provider Strategy at Lumeris

• Healthcare Data Breaches In The Age Of HIPAA — A Chronic Or An Acute Condition?

  8/3/2016

  A recent study by the law firm Baker Hostetler revealed more healthcare data breaches occurred in 2015 than any other type of data security event. By Adam Stern, founder, Infinitely Virtual

• Is Your Hospital Ready For Hurricane Season? How To Prepare For It With Disaster Recovery Planning

  9/27/2018

  While it may be hard to believe, we are already about three months into hurricane season. Last year, the U.S. had one of the costliest years to date, with Hurricane Harvey’s damage estimated to be at $125 billion and Irma’s at around $100 billion. The devastation that occurred last year brings light to the fact that it is critical for hospitals and healthcare organizations to guarantee services that will protect both the patient and their information if a disaster does strike. Now more than ever, hospitals and healthcare organizations need a disaster recovery and business continuity plan in place.

• 4 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Combat Payment Fraud

  11/20/2018

  The impact of payment fraud on healthcare organizations now totals $28 billion annually, making the need to shore up your organization’s defense critical. There are four action steps healthcare finance leaders can take to combat payment fraud.

• Safety, Usability, And Security: A Look At Our Path To FDA Clearance

  7/5/2019

  Receiving our U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance was a multi-year journey for Ivenix, and the road was rigorous and exhaustive, as it should be. Ninety percent of patients receive an IV at some point during their hospital stay, so it’s critical that infusion pumps delivering potentially life-saving drugs are safe, intuitive and secure.

• Are Your Clinicians Fed Up Don't Blame Your Technology (Yet)

  8/13/2015

  If your clinicians are raising pitchforks over your hospital’s technology, don’t panic and spend big on brand-new applications and systems, expecting a quick fix. More often than not, buying your way to greener pastures is impossible. Why? Well, your hospital’s technology usually isn’t the problem at all. When user adoption is poor and clinicians constantly complain, every issue feels like a technology issue, especially in resource-strapped community healthcare organizations. In reality, though, most of the technology problems that your clinicians complain about are actually process problems in disguise. Here’s a crash course on identifying and categorizing common hospital workflow issues. By Phil Stravers, ICE Technologies