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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

PRODUCTS TO SEE AT HIMSS14

With rich feature sets and extensive model options, the Gryphon™ product series from Datalogic Scanning represents the premium level of data collection equipment for general purpose applications.
The Accounts Receivable module efficiently tracks customers, manages invoices, processes receipts and prints statements.
Biometrics have become more and more ubiquitous in our daily lives, from ATM machines to check out aisles at your local market, to personal electronics. Continuing innovations and improvements to the various biometric technologies have made them more accessible to consumers and businesses alike.
Confidential information abounds in healthcare, so healthcare providers must ensure that their records are easy and efficient to obtain, yet secure from unauthorized access.
OSi began a decade ago as a group of transcription industry experts saw the need to offer hospitals and large clinics the resources and technology to help combat rising transcription volumes and escalating costs.
Pocket™ “Tablet” is Nurture’s new mobile workstation specifically designed to support the active work of healthcare professionals by accommodating both the demands of the task at hand as well as emerging portable tablet technology like the iPad, Xoom and Playbook.

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FEATURED CONTENT

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    3/13/2015

    Regulatory and compliance pressures continue to rise for healthcare companies, and for good reason. The convergence of healthcare, banking and technology has created a much greater need for consumer education, security, and privacy. The most recent high-profile healthcare industry breach is another reminder of the importance of securing customers’ most sensitive and valuable data – but it surely won’t be the last. More than ever before, security and privacy protections are critical components of any platform. By Carlos Hernandez, VP of Strategic Accounts, Acclaris

  • Transforming General Practitioners Into Value-Based Care Specialists With Chronic Care Management
    10/17/2016

    Chronic Care Management is becoming somewhat of its own specialty — and that’s positively impacting patients and providers in the push toward value-based care. By Travis Bond, CEO, CareSync

  • Privacy And Security Compliance In Healthcare: Data Breach Costs Continue To Rise
    7/12/2016

    As threats to the security of high-value information become more sophisticated and attacks on IT networks grow more aggressive and persistent, so too does the emphasis on regulations intended to set standards for data management and security. As a result, compliance programs have become a priority for responsible organizations. This is especially true in healthcare, where the combination of personal health information (PHI) and financial data represents the crown jewels for hackers seeking to cash in on the high prices such files fetch on the black market.

  • Diagnosing Rare Diseases In The Digital Age
    12/13/2016

    The digital age has transformed how nearly every industry conducts business, and healthcare is no exception. Technological advances often outpace our ability to apply them, but successful integration can mean new efficiencies and improved clinical outcomes for patients. By Dekel Gelbman, CEO, FDNA

  • The Industry Shift From Regulatory To Contractual And Operational Quality Reporting
    6/26/2017

    Gone are the days where basic regulatory reporting was enough. Performance management in healthcare is constantly in a state of flux, and in order to meet the true needs of healthcare analytics, executives must be able to leverage data in far more complex ways than before. By Shailendra Rao, Senior Product Manager, CitiusTech and Kristi Jones, Director of Product Management, CitiusTech

  • Can Whole Person Analytics Improve Health Equity?
    10/26/2020

    Identifying and dealing with health equity is reliant upon reacting to retrospective data and insights. Could we use modern technology to respond more proactively to help vulnerable populations?

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