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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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New legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the USA PATRIOT Act has significantly changed the regulatory landscape.
Patient safety demands accurate identification of both patients and samples. Accurate sample identification and management processes need to begin at the patient bedside. The greater the time or distance between when a sample is drawn and when it is identified, the greater the chance for error.

Medications change rapidly, and innovative treatments often consist of a "cocktail" of drugs, so custom mixing of pharmaceuticals has become a major component of healthcare – one that necessitates an extreme degree of accuracy and tracking.

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.
ChiroTouch chiropractic software system is state-of-the-art practice management software designed specifically for the chiropractic practice. ChiroTouch is your best source for combined Electronic Medical Records (EMR), billing, chiropractic SOAP notes, advanced scheduling and practice management software. Using the latest Microsoft .NET connectivity, our chiropractic software provides a highly intuitive and fully customizable documentation system that allows your office to spend more time providing quality patient care.
Basware Invoice Processing is a cutting-edge electronic invoice processing solution that eliminates the need to manually process purchase invoices. This solution supports electronic workflow, revision, cost allocation and approval of invoices as well as transfer to an organization’s ERP or financial system.

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  • Dancing With The Patients: Patient Engagement Edition
    6/14/2017

    Anyone who is familiar with Dancing with the Stars understands the importance of having a great partner. On the TV show, experienced professional dancers are often paired with celebrities who have little-to-no dancing background.

  • Keys To Building A Fortified Staffing Process Ahead Of The Nurse Retirement Surge
    12/18/2015

    AMN Healthcare recently released its 2015 Survey of Registered Nurses. This research included input from nearly 9,000 RNs on topics ranging from retirement, education, and emerging roles. A number of the findings struck me, the following two especially:

    • 62 percent of RNs over 54 are thinking about retirement and most say they plan to retire within three years
    • RNs love their career choice, but have mixed feelings about their job, citing not having adequate time with their patients, feeling their job negatively affects their health, and so on

    That leaves us with the most experienced nurses nearing retirement and the majority of remaining nurses not feeling overjoyed with their jobs, although they love nursing. This points to an overwhelming need to improve conditions for care staff. Typically, the top dissatisfier for staff are staffing/scheduling issues, e.g., being short, having to float, having shifts cancelled, and being recruited constantly to pick up additional shifts. One of the solutions to this critical concern is a combination of technology and workforce strategies that can provide more certainty with staffing, greater work-life balance, and increased time with patients. By Chris Fox, president, Avantas

  • On The Road To Connected Care: The Promise Of Interoperability
    5/5/2017

    Consider this scenario: Felecia Martin described the moment she learned she was pregnant as the happiest of her life. By Rakesh Mathew, program manager, HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania

  • Stromberg Enterprise Time And Attendance For Healthcare
    11/24/2009
    Research indicates that staff and labor expenses encompass more than 60% of a healthcare organization’s operating costs. To better manage an organization’s most important business asset ? its employees ? an accurate time and attendance system is critical. By Stromberg
  • It's Time To Rip Off The ETL Band-Aid
    3/3/2016

    It’s time to remove the ETL (extract-transform-load) band-aid, STAT. ETL served an admirable purpose for the last two decades, but today’s volume and complexity of data are overwhelming ETL tools. These technologies that were supposed to solve data problems have now become a hindrance — and it’s time to let them go.

  • How Bright Oaks Pediatrics Provides Patients Quality Pediatric-Specific Experiences
    7/3/2017

    Improve quality of care through a pediatric specific EHR technology

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