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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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Ensuring that the right patient is always matched with the right medical history, medications and doctor's instructions is critical to providing the right care.
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  • Why Manual Processes Are A Barrier To Payer-Provider Collaboration
    8/22/2017

    As payers and providers seek to uncover collaborative opportunities in an industry increasingly shifting toward patient-centric healthcare and value-driven outcomes, it’s critical to examine the most significant barriers to improved partnerships. By Dan Schulte, SVP Healthcare, HGS Inc.

  • Industry Blog: Red Flag Rules: The FTC Piles On
    7/29/2009
    The FTC Red Flags Rule will be effective November 1, 2009. This rule requires "creditors" under certain "covered accounts" to maintain a heightened alertness to numerous categories of "red flags" that may indicate that the consumer who is the rightful account holder is the victim of identity theft. If a red flag is triggered, the creditor must take steps to notify the consumer and correct any inappropriate information included the creditor's records. By David Harlow, Principal, The Harlow Group LLC
  • Data Analytics Becoming The New Stethoscope Thanks To Automation And AI
    5/11/2018

    As databases and analytic platforms accelerate and improve, specifically through automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), these systems will transcend decision-making support for individual patients and make much more far-reaching predictions about patient populations.

  • What Hospitals Can Learn From Amazon, Southwest Airlines And Disney
    7/28/2017

    Achieving operational efficiency is as important to a hospital’s mission of providing the best care to the most people as it is to for-profit, customer-centric service organizations. Southwest Airlines, Amazon, and Walt Disney theme parks may seem as far removed from healthcare as one can imagine but, operationally, the tools, motivations, and management processes they incorporate are similar and have proven effective when applied to healthcare. Yet, even at some of the best-run hospitals, just a few understand and fully leverage these tools and procedures to optimize their operations.

  • How HIT Can Fix Hospitals With Too Many Patients And Not Enough Staff
    1/27/2020

    Generally speaking, healthcare costs in the U.S. are high — but the problem goes beyond treatment costs. Poor patient outcomes drive up the price tag significantly, and a big part of the problem is that healthcare organizations are overpopulated with patients while understaffed with qualified providers.

  • 4 Ways Hospitals And Health Systems Can Attract Prospective Patients Online
    5/4/2018

    Hospitals and health systems must focus on building an appealing online presence to attract new patients and grow their businesses. Here are four of the most impactful ways healthcare organizations can achieve that goal.

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