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• To Improve Quality Outcomes, Harness Member-Generated Data

  5/21/2018

  As health plans increasingly prioritize member engagement, current health management programs face some key challenges. They rely on care plans, a collection of each member’s health history, diagnoses, problems, goals, and interventions. While they can be effective, they’re typically designed solely for clinicians, and are delivered over the telephone.

• It's Time For Healthcare Organizations To Stop Doubting The Cloud

  7/10/2019

  The American healthcare sector has changed dramatically within the past decade, thanks to wave after wave of technological innovation. Cloud technology, in particular, has transformed healthcare in much the same way it has transformed other industries, allowing organizations of all types and sizes to optimize their IT resources. But healthcare is different from most other industries — even other regulated ones — because healthcare information contains highly sensitive personal data that is some of the most sought-after information by hackers. For this reason, some healthcare organizations have been reluctant to embrace the cloud.

• Making Care At Home Possible

  3/6/2020

  Care-at-home as a concept is not new. In the early 1900s, doctors would often make home visits for patients. Today, as healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, hospitals are increasingly trying to figure out how to send patients home as early as possible after a procedure or illness.

• How Cognitive Probability Graphs Can Save Lives

  5/23/2016

  In the near future, it will be possible for patients throughout the healthcare industry to understand the probability of susceptibilities based on their genes, medical records, family history, and current medical condition. By combining artificial intelligence, semantic technologies, Big Data, graph databases, and dynamic visualizations — cognitive probability graphs can determine the likelihood of future medical events. By Dr. Jans Aasman, CEO, Franz Inc.

• Technology Options For Healthcare Color Label & Wristband Printing

  10/14/2009

  Color has earned a permanent place in healthcare processes because it has proven to be an effective enhancement to labels, files, forms and wristbands. Selective, appropriate use of color can enhance patient safety by providing an extra visual reminder to differentiate potential lookalike or soundalike medications, highlight dosages, dietary restrictions, allergies and other alerts, and to easily identify specimens to streamline sorting and prioritize processing. Color on files, records, specimen labels, test orders, meal tickets and other documents also supports more efficient workflows. By Epson America, Inc.
• Wearables Have To Evolve To Remain Relevant

  12/2/2015

  When wearables arrived on the stage a few years ago, they were mainly seen as devices peripheral to healthcare. Since then, their popularity has surged, primarily due to the increase in sales of fitness trackers and smart watches. Now, many believe the power of wearable technology could be the key to solving some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Others, however, predict wearables are merely a passing fad that will soon fade. What’s clear is that in order to make the potential for wearables a reality, the application of the technology will need to change. So the time has come for the wearables’ manufacturers to fully grasp the importance of Darwin’s famous postulate — Evolve to Survive — and act accordingly. By Murtuza Mukadam, Virtusa Corporation