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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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To maximize asset utilization from IV pumps to portable emergency equipment, hospitals and clinics need to be able to find and rapidly deploy these assets to maintain top quality care.

digiChart NetPractice integrates our Internet-based electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management system (PMS) solutions. Designed specifically for the workflow of OB-GYN practices, digiChart NetPractice allows you to manage all of your clinical, financial and administrative functions.
The Philips Digital Pocket Memo 9600 series sets new standards in advanced functionality and style. Voice commands, on-board file encryption and password protection are but a few of the powerful features of the 9600. The ergonomic design lends itself to unparalleled user friendliness to create dictations, and the intuitive controls are easy to use.

PR2/PR3 durable mobile receipt printers are ideal for invoice printing and secure payment capture capabilities within the direct store delivery, field service, mobile point of sale and electronic citation markets.

Risk Assessment Manager provides everything you need to expose areas of risk within your healthcare organization and respond quickly and appropriately. Integrated, Web-based tools save time and lower the costs of risk management in healthcare.
The Accounts Receivable module efficiently tracks customers, manages invoices, processes receipts and prints statements.

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  • Beyond The Hype: How AI Will Drive The Rise Of Real-Time Analytics In Healthcare
    3/27/2018

    Interest in artificial intelligence applications in radiology, clinical settings and operations is exploding, but its use in everyday settings in healthcare thus far has been more hype than reality.

  • CPT 99490: How Our Small Family Practice Is Using Technology To Become More Patient-Centric
    6/20/2016

    Statistics show the average Medicare beneficiary with two or more chronic conditions sees between five and seven different healthcare providers on a consistent basis. Like many small practices, ours has faced many challenges in caring for these patients. Indeed, many essential but mundane administrative tasks associated with these patients have historically consumed a large measure of our staff’s time and resources. By Michael Paul Gimness, MD, owner of Family Medical Specialists of Florida

  • Unravelling The Mysteries Of Medical Billing With Artificial Intelligence
    10/12/2016

    When you go to the grocery store and make a purchase, the receipt you receive at the end of your visit is fairly self-explanatory. By David Bayer, Vice President, Compreno Group at ABBYY

  • Will HIMSS 18 Address The Disruption Of The Traditional Office Visit?
    2/12/2018

    Healthcare is evolving quickly and HIMSS 18 offers a broad range of healthcare issues to explore. New requirements for implementing HIT systems are changing as new health IT priorities and procedures emerge. Convergence in the health care sector is accelerating the need for interoperability, not just for EHRs, but also across clinical, financial, and operational systems. This need is also challenging and changing one of the biggest traditions in healthcare—the doctor-patient medical visit.

  • Why Healthcare Needs Analytics: 12 Challenges Arising from COVID-19
    7/8/2020

    From disrupted supply chains, and the inability to adequately protect patients and healthcare personnel, to massive shortages in capacity, drugs, devices, testing kits, and supplies – the novel coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for healthcare providers and public health.

  • How Nintendo Therapy Can Improve Your Patient's Mental Health
    4/12/2017

    If you’re a critic of video games and how they shape young minds, you might want to reconsider as new insights indicate video games may help a person’s mental health instead of harm it as has been argued in the past. These assertions are based on research conducted on Nintendo Therapy and other visual forms of therapy over the past decade.

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