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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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    4/29/2020

    It is a very challenging new world for cancer patients and their care teams. While data on cancer patients with COVID-19 is limited, published reports from China, Italy, and “ground zero” hospitals in the United States show a 3.5x higher risk of needing ventilation, ICU admission, and dealing with mortality compared with patients without cancer. This is a serious problem, which falls on community oncologists and care teams—given that 80 percent of cancer patients are treated in the community.

  • Why HIT Is Important For Fighting The Opioid Crisis
    4/26/2019

    The opioid crisis is a widespread problem in the United States and elsewhere. However, HIT is helping us make strides toward conquering it.

  • Changing The Dynamic Between EHRs And Patients
    9/16/2019

    EHRs have long been the culprit of waning patient satisfaction. But they don’t have to be. 

  • Conducting Research, Even When Disasters Strike
    3/20/2017

    Disasters often unfold suddenly and unpredictably (explosions), with a short lead time to prepare (hurricanes) or over extended time periods (droughts). Each disaster event can present its own set of public health threats. By Steve Ramsey, MPH, Project Manager and Senior Advisor for Epidemiological Field Studies, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

  • A New Day — And New Technology — Has Emerged For Patient Education And Safety
    3/21/2017

    Healthcare delivery is undergoing a transformation driven in large part by healthcare regulations such as MACRA and MIPS, not to mention the heightened focus on patient-centered care and value-based care that is central to the ACA. By Nicole Latimer, CEO, The StayWell Company, LLC

  • Why COVID-19 Is Forcing Us To Axe The Fax And Embrace Technologies Enabling Better Communication Between Providers
    12/17/2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic is placing immense pressure across the healthcare system and has highlighted the importance of interoperability and streamlined data exchange between stakeholders. In the current healthcare environment, securely communicating data promptly is more important than ever as the nation continues to manage these unprecedented times.

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