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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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Designed for mobility, the Motion ® C5t delivers productivity and reliability at the point of care. Built on the foundation of the industry’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), designed for healthcare environments and based on input from thousands of clinicians worldwide, the C5t is the right fit for demanding healthcare workflows.

The Ultra Phoenix is an integrated state-of-the-art touch-screen computer-based nurse call system.
NetSuite is the #1 on-demand Accounting / ERP software application. NetSuite is also the first and only on-demand Accounting / ERP solution that supports all your back-office operations.
With StatCom’s Hospital Operating System™ hospitals achieve very real and demonstrable patient throughput gains in less than one year on the order of $3 to $11M depending upon their size and throughput improvement opportunity.
Healthcare industry today is focused on improving the quality of care and operational efficiency, while reducing costs and optimizing its backend operations. By Infosys Technologies Limited
Quantum's Scalar 24 is an outstanding value for IT departments that have outgrown autoloaders. A compact, two-drive library, the Scalar 24 combines mid-range library features and performance and ease of use.

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FEATURED CONTENT

  • Serving The American Healthcare Revolution
    12/21/2015

    In my ritual of year-end reflection, I am struck by an unshakeable parallel between the general healthcare climate today, and the atmosphere surrounding the late stages of the American Revolution and the start of our fledgling nation. I’ve found myself returning to this construct as a way to organize my efforts in alignment with a sincere desire to bring about lasting improvements in the way we care for each other and promote health in our country. By Matt Patterson, MD, President, AirStrip

  • Data's Credibility Problem: It's About The Quality, Not The Data
    6/24/2016

    In the first part of this article, we discussed the ways in which health insurers should begin to position themselves for the transformation to a data world where the quality of the data — and thus its believability — holds primacy above anything else.

  • Lost Devices And Healthcare Data Leakage, Two Sides Of The Same Coin?
    8/23/2016

    Healthcare professionals are more reliant on mobile devices than ever, with laptops, tablets, and smartphones quickly obviating the need for paper records. While a boon to productivity, mobile devices have also increased the risk of data leakage. Cloud-based EHR systems and adoption of productivity apps like Office 365 have made large volumes of patient data and claims information readily accessible from loss and theft prone mobile devices.

  • End The Chaos. Reduce The Noise. Improve Patient Safety.
    2/18/2020

    Amid complexity and chaos, a trauma nurse misses a vital piece of information and a major mistake is set in motion.

  • Pioneering Tech For Uncertain Times – COVID-19 Accelerates AI Adoption In Healthcare
    9/15/2020

    COVID-19 has ushered in a period of struggle and uncertainty for people, businesses, and industries everywhere – but it’s also forced them to seek and embrace innovative new tools and solutions that can help through the pandemic and beyond.

  • How To Bridge The Gap Between Healthcare Data Silos
    5/3/2019

    The patient journey looks much different today than it did several years ago. From diagnosis to treatment, most patients have many more stops along the way than ever before. They might visit a physician, diagnostic imaging center, hospital, outpatient rehab therapist, and the list goes on, before their care plan is complete. At each point, a patient generates a health record that becomes an imperative piece of his/her healthcare puzzle. And that data has to be accessible and exchangeable across their journey to ensure the best possible outcomes. At least, that’s the goal.

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