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• The Future Of Patient Safety Points To Technology

  6/11/2018

  Patient safety is one of the leading concerns within the healthcare industry worldwide. There are 440,000 preventable adverse events that contribute to patient deaths in U.S. hospitals every year, making preventable diseases the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. Additionally, approximately one in 10 hospitalized patients experience harm due to medical errors, and of those one in 10, at least 50 percent were preventable medical errors. Decreasing medical errors and improving patient outcomes are key priorities for people across the healthcare industry, but reaching these goals has proven to be an ongoing challenge.

• The ABC Of Blue Button: APIs And The Future Of Healthcare Patient Data

  7/16/2019

  Digital disruption, in any industry, comes in waves. While other industries have benefitted from modern technology, healthcare has some catching up to do. Consider, for example, application programming interfaces or APIs. Today, consumer technology runs on modern APIs. We have all heard that APIs have a big part to play in the health IT interoperability, and with phrases such as “Blue Button 2.0” and “21st Century Cures Act,” it’s time we saw what the story is behind APIs and what is the best way forward.

• Moving Data To Where It Needs To Be In Healthcare

  8/17/2016

  Napoleon is widely considered a brilliant leader and battle strategist. Yet, despite an arsenal of advantages including better arms, the regularity of higher force concentrations, and the superior chess-like maneuverability of his armies across European battlefields, Napoleon eventually fell.

• Healthcare Providers Can Enhance It By Outsourcing Their Data Centers

  10/6/2016

  Healthcare organizations continue to confront significant budgetary, staffing, regulatory, and technological challenges and are focusing squarely on their data center operations as a way to address these issues. By Greg Ross, Vice President, Product Management, FairPoint Communications

• Data Breaches - Can We Outsmart The Attackers?

  5/15/2018

  The demand for connected devices has increased rapidly in recent years, and medical devices have not been immune from the technological revolution. Today, medical devices are able to communicate across private networks, internet, and point to point connections, allowing for an efficient service which could inevitably save lives. With this in mind, securing these devices and the entire hospital ecosystem from potential cybersecurity attacks is critical.

• Designing For Better Health Outcomes

  11/25/2015

  Can a combination of smartphone-enabled diagnostics and digital tools change mental models and empower patients to manage and prevent chronic conditions? It sure can. Recently, Jana Care partnered with Continuum to improve lives using digital tools for patients in India with Type 2 diabetes. Over 66 million people in the country are diagnosed with diabetes, and another 77 million are at risk of acquiring it. The team felt an immediate need to help this population control a widespread chronic condition and also to focus on preventative care. By Mike Dunkley SVP, Advanced Systems, Continuum and Sidhant Jena, co-founder and CEO, Jana Care