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• Pharmaceutical Distributor Cuts Day Of Safety Stock

  5/21/2013

  Scattered across Canada from St. Johns, Newfoundland, on the east coast to Vancouver, BC, on the west coast are 14 warehouses for Medis Health & Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Canada’s leading pharmaceutical distributor. Until last year, warehouse tracking of the pharmaceutical and related items it shipped across the nation was primarily a manual chore. However, over an 18-month period, each warehouse is now being converted to an electronic tracking program. By the time all 14 are automated, Medis expects to eliminate a whole day of safety stock.

• 3 Myths About AI And Healthcare

  3/6/2018

  The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is finally becoming a reality. According to CB Insights, from 2012 to 2017 more than $2 billion was invested specifically in healthcare AI with companies that leverage machine learning algorithms. Additionally, technology giants Apple, Microsoft and Google are investigating entering the healthcare market, and Amazon’s secret health tech team 1492 is exploring a platform for electronic medical record data, telemedicine and health apps.

• Where To Begin In Creating A Connected Health Environment

  10/11/2016

  A connected health environment joins doctors to data, patients to healthcare providers, and practices to networks — all with the objective of delivering better health outcomes and more integrated care. By Susmit Pal, healthcare strategist, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Dell EMC

• Will The Disconnected Find Interoperability At HIMSS 2016? 5 Scenarios For Action!

  2/26/2016

  With the yearly bluster and promise of HIMSS, I still find there have been few strides in solving interoperability. Many speakers will extol the next big thing in healthcare system connectivity and large EHR vendors will swear their size fits all and with the wave of video demo, interoperability is declared cured. Long live proprietary solutions, down with system integration and collaboration. Healthcare IT, reborn into the latest vendor initiative, costing billions of dollars, and who knows how many thousands of lives.

• Managing A Skeletal Office During The Holidays

  12/17/2018

  Many professionals take off during the holidays, and it’s important that management creates a plan to account for the decrease of employees in the office to ensure work still gets done. Following are some tips to help plan for and manage a skeletal office during the holidays.

• HIT Success Extends Well Beyond The Implementation Stage

  9/20/2019

  Walk into virtually any hospital or ASC and you’re almost guaranteed to see stacks of papers and binders of information somewhere. For most people this sight may appear to be simply “business as usual.” However, to the discerning eye, they are red flags.