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• Nürtingen Hospital Improves Patient Care With Tablet PCs

  6/16/2011

  This case study highlights how Nürtingen Hospital secured its EMR data, realized a 40% productivity increase on routine processes, and reduced errors by leveraging tablet PCs to access key hospital information systems. By Motion Computing, Inc.
• 3 Ways to Leverage Patient Feedback To Gain A Competitive Advantage

  11/1/2017

  Healthcare providers agree delivering a better patient experience is important to remaining competitive in the marketplace. A recent study revealed 85 percent of healthcare systems believe “patient experience” is one of the top three priorities for their organizations, with 64 percent of healthcare organizations reporting they’ve seen an increase in patient acquisition since starting patient experience initiatives.

• A Data-Driven Approach To Better Care Visits

  10/25/2016

  The push to deliver greater value is prompting healthcare organizations to closely examine their clinical and financial processes in search of ways to boost efficiency, improve accuracy, and elevate the patient experience. With this in mind, First Care Clinic, a federally qualified health center and level 3 patient centered medical home located in rural Kansas, set out to retool one of its critical processes — the patient care visit.

• Continuum-Wide Data Visibility Helps Reduce Costly Readmissions

  11/30/2015

  Reducing hospital readmissions continues to challenge hospitals nationwide. This year, 2,592 hospitals — more than half of hospitals nationwide — were penalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a total of $420 million for readmitting too many patients with certain conditions in fewer than 30 days. With continuum-wide data visibility and tools to help them easily identify high-risk patients in greatest need of a clinical intervention, care managers can help prevent readmissions to improve their organization’s financial performance, but more importantly, their patients’ outcomes. By Kent Locklear, chief medical officer, Lightbeam Health Solutions

• The Significance Of A Software Testing Tool In The Healthcare Industry

  3/18/2019

  A software testing tool plays an important role in enhancing the quality of any software. With the constant evolution in technology, the healthcare industry is rapidly moving in the direction of technological advancement. We can see all sorts of healthcare apps that patients or attendees can download on their smartphones and get updated with health reports and doctor’s prescription.

• What You Need To Know About The New HIPAA Guidance On Ransomware

  11/23/2016

  In 2015, Ransomware cost the U.S. healthcare industry nearly $6 billion. Even more concerning is that there has been a 300 percent increase in ransomware attacks in 2016, according to a recent report from the U.S. Government. By Laurie Zabel, Director of Coding & Compliance, MedSafe