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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

  • Caring For The Unseen Sufferers Of COVID-19: How Artificial Intelligence Can Enable Proactive Care And Help Avert An Epidemic Of Preventable Diseases
    5/11/2020

    As the nation’s eyes focus on COVID-19, another healthcare crisis is unfolding out of sight. Hidden from view, millions of Americans who don’t have COVID-19 are suffering healthcare crises in their homes. These unseen individuals are facing major challenges, on multiple levels: acute, chronic, and preventive. Patients are waiting longer at home before coming to the hospital for acute illnesses like appendicitis, stroke, or heart attack.

  • Consumer-Oriented Patients Expect A Better Technology Experience
    7/28/2021

    Feeling much like an Olympic gymnast’s acrobatic routine, patients’ healthcare experience over the past 18 months has endured a dizzying series of twists, turns, and somersaults—albeit without the benefit of Dramamine. Patients found themselves caught up in COVID-induced disruptions and often didn’t know if or when they could safely access care. Thankfully now, things are returning to some semblance of normalcy as the vaccine proliferates and cases plunge.

  • Personalized Medicine And The Big Data Challenge
    10/16/2019

    Personalized medicine is moving healthcare forward, but is the industry prepared for the change?

  • 9 Ways To Boost Patient Recruitment For Health IT Tools
    11/25/2014

    For hospitals investing in technology tools to help patients better manage their care, the question of how best to get – and keep – patients engaged is an ongoing challenge. We can offer these great tools, but if the patients aren’t using them, then what’s the point? I can tell you firsthand that it’s not uncommon to set up and launch a patient application for a hospital, only to have the organization left wondering, “Now what?” By Cortney Nicolato, VP, marketing and strategy, Get Real Health

  • Achieving Competitive Differentiation Through Workforce Diversity And The Role Technology Plays
    9/11/2018

    In this era of skilled shortages in healthcare, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce is no easy task. Yet, it is one of the top priorities of results-oriented healthcare organizations today. Successful diversity programs yield impressive benefits—from greater patient satisfaction to improved outcomes and increased staff productivity. Fortunately, modern talent management technology can help overcome the hiring obstacles.

  • Managing Complexity In Clinical Quality Measurement
    2/20/2013

    Healthcare industry dynamics are quickly changing due to greater focus on population health management and accountability of care through federal/commercial incentive programs (MU, PQRS, IQR, P4P) and payment reforms (shared savings, value-based purchasing).

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