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• Ensuring Data Integrity Of Medical Devices: IT Challenges And Solutions

  6/13/2019

  Data integrity relates to maintaining data to ensure quality and consistency throughout the life cycle of the respective information. Data integrity applies to many industries and use cases, but it's exceptionally important in connection with medical devices.

• Patients Are Paying The Price For Health IT's Stumbles

  5/11/2016

  While the HITECH Act of 2009 — part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) economic stimulus bill — put much-needed emphasis on healthcare, particularly the role information technology (IT) should play in it, the reality is we have been left with a promise unfulfilled. Today, doctors are less productive than they were before, and IT is the culprit. Rather than enabling a better, more streamlined workflow, IT has become a burden.

• Reducing Radiation Exposure In Diagnostic Imaging

  11/23/2010

  Since 2008, awareness about the dangers associated with radiation exposure in medical or diagnostic imaging has increased. This article focuses on the need for a change in regulations to reduce this exposure. By V. Katherine Gray, PhD, President Sage Health Management Solutions, Inc.
• Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

  2/20/2020

  Healthcare continues to be a source of major concern in the United States, with recent polling indicating it is the number one issue to voters in the 2020 elections. Availability and cost, which are closely related, are the key reasons for this. Despite greater past media attention on pharmaceutical pricing, the single greatest contributor to overall healthcare costs (a whopping 18 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, or $11,172 per person in 2018), is actually hospitals. As a result, there has been growing attention on hospital pricing. The issues involved are more complex than they may appear but, fortunately, there is a clear path to improvement for both hospitals and patients.

• 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.

• Case Study: DXi7500 Cures Hawaii Department Of Health's Backup Ills

  10/27/2009

  Hawaii may be known as a paradise where life takes on a relaxed pace, but even there, islanders grow impatient when a technology bottleneck interferes with their ability to get work done. So when the BT Emergency Preparedness & Response branch of the state’s Department of Health realized that its weekend backup was still grinding away come Monday morning, the IT team knew it was time to find a new data protection solution. By Quantum