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• Telehealth Technology Eliminating Barriers, Enhancing Practice Revenue

  12/28/2016

  With patient telehealth access jumping 50 percent since 2013, the industry appears to be moving toward virtual care becoming a common, if not expected, method of healthcare delivery. Tom Toperczer, director of product management for Brother OmniJoin

• Case Study: Allos Faced A Diverse Set Of Business Challenges

  11/19/2009

  Allos Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Allos has 75 employees in offices in Colorado and New Jersey. Especially with distributed employees, a paper-based system was not meeting the company’s needs for information sharing and collaboration. By KnowledgeTree, Inc.
• What, No Tip?

  9/14/2016

  How viewing healthcare through a customer service lens can positively impact patient revenue.

• Keys To Building A Fortified Staffing Process Ahead Of The Nurse Retirement Surge

  12/18/2015

  AMN Healthcare recently released its 2015 Survey of Registered Nurses. This research included input from nearly 9,000 RNs on topics ranging from retirement, education, and emerging roles. A number of the findings struck me, the following two especially:

  • 62 percent of RNs over 54 are thinking about retirement and most say they plan to retire within three years
  • RNs love their career choice, but have mixed feelings about their job, citing not having adequate time with their patients, feeling their job negatively affects their health, and so on

  That leaves us with the most experienced nurses nearing retirement and the majority of remaining nurses not feeling overjoyed with their jobs, although they love nursing. This points to an overwhelming need to improve conditions for care staff. Typically, the top dissatisfier for staff are staffing/scheduling issues, e.g., being short, having to float, having shifts cancelled, and being recruited constantly to pick up additional shifts. One of the solutions to this critical concern is a combination of technology and workforce strategies that can provide more certainty with staffing, greater work-life balance, and increased time with patients. By Chris Fox, president, Avantas

• Pros And Cons Of Remote Patient Monitoring

  2/7/2018

  Do you go to the doctor only in case of extreme necessity? Visiting clinics keeps its place among the least favorite activities in society. So, it’s not a surprise that tech-savvy specialists try to minimize the number of such visits by creating new healthcare devices and technologies. People have already got used to super popular fitness wearables that track heart-rate or calories burned; but what about devices that are used for remote monitoring of more complex issues, e.g. chronic diseases?

• Mobile Health Poised For Physician Adoption

  12/23/2015

  The tech world continues to expand the potential for how modern mobile technologies can benefit users, but the medical community has yet to fully take advantage of these innovative solutions. This is going to change in the coming year. Mobile health technology has the potential to transform the health of our nation, however it is critical that healthcare professionals jump on board to ensure that consumers are using the most highly credible and scientifically proven health applications in the market. By Steven Willey, MD and Chief Scientist, YouPlus Health