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• What Does Age Have To Do With Healthcare Payments?

  8/23/2017

  Healthcare spending grew to $3.4 trillion in 2016 and is expected to reach $5.5 trillion by the year 2025 according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. By Chris Seib, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, InstaMed

• Greater Efficiency Can Solve The Physician Shortage Problem

  10/30/2015

  The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) warns the U.S. will have a shortfall of about 130,000 physicians by 2025. Many healthcare leaders are urgently calling for a nationwide effort to recruit and educate doctors as it takes a minimum of seven years to fully train a physician. But there’s another way to solve the problem: increase physician efficiency and capacity. By Tom Cox, CEO, MyHealthDirect

• 5 Ways To Spot Malicious Insiders

  5/21/2015

  Medical data is under attack. Both patients and healthcare providers are becoming increasingly aware of the threats to information stored within the industry. And the trust in organizations’ ability to protect this highly sensitive data isn’t keeping pace. In a 2014 Ponemon Institute study, of the people who said their healthcare providers outlined the measures used to protect patients' medical records, 68 percent of those respondents revealed they weren't confident the measures would actually keep their medical data secure. By Lisa J. Berry-Tayman, senior privacy and information governance advisor, IDT911 Consulting

• Guest Column: Managing Patient Flow In The United States

  4/21/2011

  Moving patients through hospitals in an efficient manner can increase staff satisfaction, patient safety, and even your bottom line. By GDS International
• Data Science Is Becoming Increasingly Automated — And That's Good News For Healthcare

  12/15/2015

  Big Data is playing an increasing role in healthcare, promising lower costs, enhanced diagnoses, and improved doctor-patient matches. To get to the next level, two sea changes — access to medical information and intelligent data solutions — need to accelerate. By Scott Howser, SVP Products, Nutonian

• The Role Of Social Determinants In Influencing Population Health

  7/8/2019

  While we’re starting to see some recognition of the role that social determinants play in contributing toward health and wellbeing, the influence and impact of factors such as health behaviors, food supply, housing, financial situation, access to healthcare and social relationships on overall health have so far been greatly underestimated. We are complex and our health reflects this complexity. Including social determinants in health evaluations holds great promise not only for patients and broader population groups, but for healthcare providers and health systems overall.