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• 4 Ways Hospitals Use Clinical Surveillance To Improve Patient Safety

  5/16/2019

  Patient safety problems, from hospital-acquired infections to medical errors, occur much too frequently. This year, 800 hospitals will incur reimbursement penalties from Medicare because of high rates of infections and patient injuries, and a recent Johns Hopkins study found that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease and cancer.

• Medical Practice Reclaims Space Once Used For Paper Records, Adding Room For Teaching And Patient Care

  12/2/2010

  In a unique blend of the old and the new, innovative Australian specialist orthopaedic surgeon Dr. George Murrell has worked with Motion Computing’s Tablet PC technology to create a cutting-edge paperless medical practice in a renovated old church in southern Sydney. By Motion Computing, Inc.
• Applying The Concept Of Preventative Care To Your Virtualized Application Services

  1/10/2018

  Healthcare invented the concept of preventative care – the regular analysis of patient health indicators and diagnostics to stay ahead of issues. Practitioners aim to discover health related anomalies in their earliest stages of development in order to treat them quickly before they become life threatening and catastrophic. If we were to extend this principle to the digital services doctors and clinical staff need and use in treating patients, wouldn’t it also make sense to monitor and analyse the application services and underlying networks to stay ahead of slowdowns that could wreak havoc throughout the patient care delivery network?

• Virtual Visits Can Widen Access To High-Quality Healthcare

  6/17/2015

  If you live in an urban area, you likely take for granted there will be numerous hospitals and physician practices (including those with high-level subspecialty care) within a short distance of home. But for much of the world, access to even basic healthcare can be difficult. Those who live in rural areas of the U.S. and other countries often must travel long distances to see a primary care physician. Critical access hospitals, which provide much of the care for rural Americans, are struggling. Many are expected to close in the near future. And access to specialists and subspecialists is even more difficult. By Sid Nair, VP & Global General Manager, Dell Services Healthcare & Life Sciences

• Why ACOs Need More From HIT

  10/16/2018

  As Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) take on more risk under the new Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), they must provide quality care while generating cost savings. This challenge is especially pronounced within the fast-growing senior population, the group most likely to experience a serious or advanced illness and who often need extensive healthcare services.

• Making AI Real In Healthcare Requires A Chief Human To Lead The Way

  5/24/2018

  Whether you call it cognitive computing, machine learning, deep learning or artificial intelligence (AI), the era of collaborative human-machine intelligence has begun, and the implications for healthcare are enormous.