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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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FEATURED CONTENT

  • Unlocking Data For Successful Outcomes
    4/1/2019

    The most valuable commodity in healthcare is right under every single provider’s nose, but what’s interesting is that most may not have access or even know how to properly leverage it. This commodity is patient data, and the good news is, 2019 will be a pivotal year to unlocking more of its potential to optimize healthcare and drive revenue.

  • Urgency To Act: What You Need To Know From The $155M eClinicalWorks-DOJ Settlement
    7/13/2017

    The $155M settlement reached between DOJ and eClinicalWorks (eCW) is the largest False Claims Act recovery in the state of Vermont and the first of its kind for the government to hold an EHR vendor accountable for failing to meet federal certification standards. By Sulaiman H. Sulaiman, CIO and chief consulting officer, iMethods

  • The Nursing Experience Divide, Care, And Costs: What Hospitals Need To Know
    5/22/2020

    COVID-19 has changed the world of healthcare as we know it. One day clinicians were caring for patients with adequate resources and equipment, and then came the pandemic and within a short time, resources, equipment, and staffing were inadequate in many settings. 

  • Fixing The Need For A Fix: Bridging The IT Gap Between Physical And Behavioral Healthcare
    12/14/2018

    Treating addiction is not a simple process and the current treatment of 90-day detox programs works well if you have thousands of beds, staff and other resources. The actual behavioral health treatment of addition is not much better. It is still a time-consuming process requiring individual diagnosis, but largely driven by paper and trial and error guesswork.

  • Tackling Patient Communication In 2019 And Beyond
    1/23/2019

    Patient consumerism. It’s become a pretty popular industry buzzword, but do you really know what it means?

  • The Necessary Tools To Implement Successful Healthcare IT Projects
    9/12/2016

    The healthcare industry is fast becoming one of the largest revenue sources for the IT industry. It is critical to realize failure to understand and avoid these problems will almost certainly guarantee just that — failure. Healthcare organizations are pushed to have effective IT solutions to meet meaningful user requirements and demands. Given this situation, here are some essential fundamentals for implementing a successful healthcare IT project. By Ramitha Herath, Manager — Delivery, VirtusaPolaris

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