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• How Technology Is Improving The Later Stages Of Life

  1/2/2017

  Technology is always a hot topic, especially among teens and younger adults. However, the elderly are increasingly turning to technology to enhance their lives. Recent studies demonstrate technology for seniors can be a low-cost way to “offset significant challenges to well-being encountered in the latest state of life.”

• The Death Of Meaningful Use

  1/26/2016

  MU did not die because something better was developed: it died because it was impossible to work from the onset. Who killed it? CMS hinted they heard doctors’ voices but, in reality, they did not. By Linda M. Girgis, MD, FAAFP

• Designing For Better Health Outcomes

  11/25/2015

  Can a combination of smartphone-enabled diagnostics and digital tools change mental models and empower patients to manage and prevent chronic conditions? It sure can. Recently, Jana Care partnered with Continuum to improve lives using digital tools for patients in India with Type 2 diabetes. Over 66 million people in the country are diagnosed with diabetes, and another 77 million are at risk of acquiring it. The team felt an immediate need to help this population control a widespread chronic condition and also to focus on preventative care. By Mike Dunkley SVP, Advanced Systems, Continuum and Sidhant Jena, co-founder and CEO, Jana Care

• How Can Marrying Healthcare And AI Solve Its Mystery Of Rising Care Costs?

  6/20/2019

  Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing segments of the digital universe, with data volumes expected to grow by 48 percent annually. Healthcare applications will be the principal driver of this data growth, with EHR penetration in the U.S. already reaching over 80 percent and expected to reach 95 percent by 2020.

• Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records?

  11/10/2010

  Electronic health records EHRs would provide healthcare professionals with electronic access to an individual’s medical history, even when that history has been recorded by multiple providers. Therefore, the EHR system necessitates inter-operable communication of standardized data between hospitals and physicians. In our view, RFID could play a potential role in the development of these health records, particularly given the tight timeframe that needs to be followed. The Department of Health and Human Services needs to issue its Interim Final Rule by December 31, 2009 and legislative incentives begin in 2011. By Reik Read, Robert W. Baird & Co.
• What Hospitals Can Learn From Amazon, Southwest Airlines And Disney

  7/28/2017

  Achieving operational efficiency is as important to a hospital’s mission of providing the best care to the most people as it is to for-profit, customer-centric service organizations. Southwest Airlines, Amazon, and Walt Disney theme parks may seem as far removed from healthcare as one can imagine but, operationally, the tools, motivations, and management processes they incorporate are similar and have proven effective when applied to healthcare. Yet, even at some of the best-run hospitals, just a few understand and fully leverage these tools and procedures to optimize their operations.