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• The High Cost Of Medication Errors

  8/1/2017

  Improving the outlook through better management of alert fatigue By Raj Gopalan, MD, MSIS, Vice President of Innovation and Clinical Informatics, Wolters Kluwer

• 10 Things To Watch For In Healthcare In 2018

  1/1/2018

  With 2017 in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to look at how healthcare will evolve in 2018. The last year has been an eventful one; from the uproar in regulations to potential mega-mergers. Needless to say, it’s a time of transition, and healthcare is in a very fluid state — evolving and expanding. There are certainly going to be new ways to keep healthcare providers and health IT pros stay engaged and excited, and here are our top 10 picks.

• Why Patient Matching Is A Critical Tool For Leveraging Social Determinants Of Health

  11/14/2018

  In the pursuit of population health and accountable care success, providers are increasingly looking for tools that extend out into non-clinical or traditional healthcare settings to provide a complete picture of one’s health. Because individuals are heavily influenced by socioeconomic and behavioral forces, stakeholders are recognizing the significance of social determinates of health (SDOH) data in achieving value-driven, community-based outcomes.

• How Revenue Cycle Technology Can Upgrade The Patient Experience

  2/7/2019

  “We must improve the patient experience.” That statement has become a rallying care in the healthcare industry—and for good reason. In the era of patient consumerism, patients today demand more from their providers than great clinical care alone. In keeping with their other daily activities, they expect convenience and transparency — especially when it comes to the increasingly costly financial side of care.

• Mismatched: How Patient Identification Errors Are Costing Patients And Health Systems

  11/29/2017

  Imagine two patients with the same last name, admitted for separate ailments at the same hospital. One is mistakenly treated with a medication intended for the other patient—and has a serious reaction to the drug. Patient mix-ups are all-too-frequent occurrences at many hospitals across the U.S., leading to redundant tests, wrong diagnoses, incorrect treatment services and unnecessary hospitalizations – while increasing costs.

• How To Develop A Cyber Security Practice

  11/19/2018

  The potential business revenue from rising compliance requirements and security threats is hard to ignore. The increasing press coverage of ransomware attacks and fines for non-compliance is driving awareness and urgency. Even the slow adopter business owners and managers know something needs to be done to limit their corporate risks and individual exposure, and time isn’t on their side. What tools are necessary, how to integrate it into the IT services offering, how to market it? What are the best ways to go about developing sound cyber-security policies and practices in 2018 that could be used for commercial gain as well as internal commercial security? Here are some recommendations.