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Barcoding 2.0: It's High Time To Improve Patient Safety
5/13/2014
Technology advances support better workflow and higher quality of care.
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Endpoint Rx: Innovative Healthcare Delivery Requires Secure Mobile Technology
10/10/2016
Innovative healthcare delivery powered by mobile technology is just what the doctor ordered. In 1930, 40 percent of physician visits happened in the patient’s home, but by 1980 only 1 percent of appointments were house calls. By Dan Ross, CEO, Promisec
- In-Patient Vs. Out-Patient Use Of Interactive Patient Display Revealed 10/11/2013
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Automate And Audit Access Rights In A Healthcare Environment
3/3/2017
Access to critical data is paramount criteria for success in today’s electronic world. Physicians and caregivers need access to patients’ records to insure proper delivery of care, but encumbering employees and internal stakeholders with too many restrictions to systems or complicated access methodologies can have catastrophic consequences.
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1Call Connectivity
12/8/2017
Hospitals and healthcare organizations rely on different systems to provide functionality in different areas to different departments. When your disparate systems can't talk to each other, how do you get the right message to the right person on the right device at the right time?
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Is Technology Contributing To Physician Burnout?
11/18/2013
Driven largely by an expanded legislative mandate and the implementation of new health policy, the scale has seemingly tipped in the direction of large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption. By some estimates, nearly 80 percent of all family practice physicians will be using EHRs in their practices by the end of this year. And while we’ve heard about the clinical and administrative efficiencies of EHRs, we haven’t talked a great deal about the burden that potentially accompanies them – in particular, the physical and emotional stress associated with managing technology that is continuing to evolve as well as meaningful use requirements and e-prescribing penalties. By Linda M. Girgis, MD, FAAFP
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The Path To True Patient Engagement
1/21/2016
Value-based healthcare has myriad moving parts, but the clear through line is the efficacy of provider-patient communication. Greater financial obligations have given patients greater power when it comes to choosing a healthcare provider, and the mandate to reduce costly readmissions and provide patients a “retail-feel” to healthcare encounters has incented providers to incorporate more — and more meaningful — touchpoints with their patients. By Colin Roberts, Senior Director, Healthcare Product Integration, West Corporation
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Huntsville Hospital – Maintaining Communications During An Emergency
7/31/2012
The Sprint Emergency Response Team provides emergency communications for Huntsville Hospital after devastating tornadoes impacted voice and a data services across the area.
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Success Story: Community Health Systems
6/17/2010
Community Health Systems (CHS) is one of the nation’s leading operators of general acute care hospitals. The organization’s affiliates own, operate or lease more than 130 hospitals in 28 states, with an aggregate of nearly 18,700 licensed beds. By Spectra Logic Corporation
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Case Study: Large-Scale Multi-Specialty Practice Cuts Costs, Boosts ROI With Panasonic/Sage Solution
7/10/2009
Now entering its 40th year of providing worldclass primary, specialist and surgical care to residents of West Virginia and adjacent states, the Huntington Internal Medical Group (HIMG) is comprised of more than 60 internists, each with advanced training in such sub-specialties as cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology and pulmonary disease. By Panasonic