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Distancing Doesn't Mean Disconnecting!
6/25/2020
Social distancing. It went from a phrase few people had ever heard to one that’s repeated on the news, via social media, and in private conversations many times a day. And while recommendations to stay a minimum of six feet apart have changed life as we know it, social distancing does not mean that communication with patients should slow down. In fact, it’s the very opposite! Patient communication is more important than ever before.
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Healthcare Providers Can Enhance It By Outsourcing Their Data Centers
10/6/2016
Healthcare organizations continue to confront significant budgetary, staffing, regulatory, and technological challenges and are focusing squarely on their data center operations as a way to address these issues. By Greg Ross, Vice President, Product Management, FairPoint Communications
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ML For Healthcare As A Requisite To Responsible Patient Care
3/12/2019
Big data has long since arrived in the healthcare provider industry. We live in a world where remote patient monitoring devices can generate hundreds of blood pressure readings per day, where every supply is tracked down to a strip of gauze, and millions of radiology images may reside within a single EHR server. But along with these piles of data come clinicians and analysts charged with sifting through them, and the herculean task of providing actionable insight.
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Case Study: Handling Unexpected Growth With The RICOH Pro
12/10/2009
The RICOH Pro C900 was engineered to not only be easy to operate, but also for extremely low maintenance to maximize machine uptime. By Ricoh Corporation
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For Hospitals, Predictive Analytics Is A Necessity, Not A Luxury
11/10/2017
When thinking about the business value of predictive analytics, hospitals often view it as an evolutionary technology and look for things like use cases, accuracy, cost, and return on investment. While those are all valid points to consider, a better way to look at it is to focus on what truly matters for patients and caregivers, work backwards, and explore how predictive analytics can make them better. Having worked with dozens of hospitals, I can tell you that — when viewed from this perspective — the answer is predictive analytics is a necessity, not a luxury.
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Tackling Patient Communication In 2019 And Beyond
1/23/2019
Patient consumerism. It’s become a pretty popular industry buzzword, but do you really know what it means?
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Patient Data Breaches And Healthcare Cyber Risks
11/9/2016
Healthcare organizations are a treasure trove of personally identifiable information (PII), making them very lucrative targets for cybercriminals. Databases of stolen medical records are being sold on the black market for as much as $200,000. By Ellen Fischl-Bodner, Healthcare IT security subject matter expert, Tufin
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How Mobile Devices Contribute To OR Delays And Cancellations
11/16/2018
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have changed the way people work and live by providing instant, anytime, anywhere access to information. Given the highly mobile life of a surgeon, smartphones have become a lifeline for case-related communication. Regardless of whether a surgeon is outside of a hospital environment or within different hospital settings (i.e. pre-op, recovery, intensive care, etc.) they need a way to stay connected when access to a traditional computer is not possible.
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Document Storage Systems: The Role They Could Play In Healthcare
8/9/2017
Document storage systems are becoming imperatives in healthcare, particularly as the industry changes in terms of legislation, privatization, and direct care measures. By Jesse Wood, CEO, eFileCabinet
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The Smart Way For Healthcare Organizations To Go Mobile
6/10/2014
On January 1, 2014, a key prOvisiOn Of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 went into effect, requiring healthcare providers across the country to adopt and demonstrate “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (eMr) in order to maintain their existing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement levels.