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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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Automatic encryption of laptop and desktop hard drives protects critical information and prevents corporate data breaches. Check Point Full Disk Encryption provides the highest level of data security with multi-factor pre-boot authentication and the strongest encryption algorithms.
Modernizing health IT is a key focus for economic recovery - governments around the world are funding strategic stimulus initiatives for IT investment in healthcare, such as the American Recovery & Reinvestment (ARRA) HITECH Act 2009.
The powerful SpeechMike Barcode with integrated Barcode Scanner allows you to attach patient or client information to your dictations and securely allocate the data to the relevant file.
Risk Assessment Manager provides everything you need to expose areas of risk within your healthcare organization and respond quickly and appropriately. Integrated, Web-based tools save time and lower the costs of risk management in healthcare.
The fundamental objective of MOSS (Misys Open Source Solutions) Health Information Exchange is the secure exchange of patient clinical data with authorized users to advance the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery. Misys Connectâ„¢ Exchange leverages IHE technical profiles to exchange medical summary documents across various source systems. For provider organizations, communities, and state-level Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) or Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), these HIE Services enable an XDS.b (CCD, HITSP C32/C48 specifications) document (containing patient health information) to be shared regardless of the source system.
Ensuring that the right patient is always matched with the right medical history, medications and doctor's instructions is critical to providing the right care.

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  • Why Care Coordination Is A Business Problem Your IT Infrastructure Can't Support
    8/11/2015

    Care coordination is the “it” word in health care today – it’s a new job title, a new care collaboration, and delivery paradigm – and it even encompasses the idea of travel and hospitality services, depending on who you’re asking. The problem, however, is too many people are interpreting the idea of care coordination only as it relates to moving patients between different points of care within the health ecosystem. What is missing from the dialogue is any discussion about how the business of health care happens. By Bill Reid, SVP of Product Management and Partnerships, SCI Solutions

  • 5 Steps To QPP Compliance
    6/21/2017

    Physician practices ignore the new Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) at the risk of their financial future. While not participating is an option, that choice will lower your practice’s Medicare reimbursement rate by 4 percent starting in 2019 — so it’s really not an option to consider. By Timothy Mills, Chief Growth Officer, Alpha II
     

  • Hybrid Mobile Computing Solution For Healthcare
    12/1/2010
    Across hundreds of hospitals and years of clinical experience, Motion has witnessed the evolution of the hybrid work environment. Hospitals that are looking to improve operations and workflow purchase a cart and add a computer for added mobility. By Motion Computing, Inc.
  • Advanced Analytics Driving Healthcare Transformation
    12/28/2017

    The time has come … Everyone talks about Big Data’s potential to transform healthcare. They understand it’s needed to achieve the Triple Aim: improving patient outcomes, lowering cost of care, and increasing patient engagement. Yet there are very few tangible examples of organizations realizing this potential. One reason is our industry is historically slow to adopt change, even when we know what change needs to happen.

  • Leveraging The Right Ruler For Measuring Clinical Outcomes
    10/3/2019

    Knowing how to properly measure outcomes is as important as having the right clinical resources in place.

  • Why Isn't Healthcare Doing More To Protect Against Cyber-Attacks?
    5/17/2016

    It’s well established that healthcare is one of the most targeted industries for cyber-attacks. Over the past five years, attacks on healthcare institutions have risen 125 percent, and personal health information is now seen as 50 times more valuable than financial information on the black market.

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