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  1. 3 Ways Your Company Wins When You Say Goodbye To Fax 5/25/2018

    Not long ago, I had a candid conversation with the vice president of a regional senior care facility. "We just can't get away from fax," he told me. Despite having transformed the facility into a paperless office, his team still had to send faxes because many primary care physicians require it.

  2. People, Passwords, And Patches: Fixing The Basic Flaws In Your Security System Can Be Easier Than You Think 1/9/2018

    If you’ve ever gone hiking with a group in the wilderness, you’ve probably heard this corny joke: What do you have to do to outrun a bear? Answer: You don’t have to outrun the bear; you just have to outrun the slowest member of your group.

  3. The Pressure To Publish Rapidly: The Risks Vs. Rewards Of Fast-Tracked COVID-19 Studies 7/15/2020

    While time is of the essence as hospitals and health systems, drug regulatory agencies, and the general public prepare for the virus’s second wave, concerns around the dangers of accelerated research studies must also be considered.

  4. 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
  5. COVID-19 Communications: Meeting Patients Where They Are 2/10/2021

    There’s been a spate of good news in recent weeks on the COVID-19 vaccine front that is cause for hope and optimism in the war against the coronavirus. The pace of vaccine production and distribution by the U.S. government has been accelerated, making more doses available to more people sooner. In many states, the prioritized rollout has transitioned from healthcare workers and long-term facility residents to vaccinating adults 70 years of age and up. President Joe Biden has set a goal to administer 100 million shots of the vaccine in his first 100 days in office.

  6. Transforming Healthcare Through Big Data 4/7/2017

    Healthcare has entered an era of major data transformation spurred by the use of advanced analytics and Big Data technologies. The catalyst for this transformation includes both the move toward evidence-based medicine and value-based payments. By Carol McDonald, Solution Architect, MapR Technologies

  7. 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?

  8. Private Practice Streamlines Clinician And Patient Care Processes With Tablet Computing 5/19/2011
    This case study highlights how Clinique Esquirol Saint Hilaire was able to gain real-time access to procedural information, eliminate duplication of effort, and increase data security by deploying 85 tablet PCs across its 15 healthcare departments. By Motion Computing, Inc.
  9. Transformation In 2015: Focusing Technology On The Patient 1/12/2015

    We are currently experiencing the biggest transformation in healthcare ever. Technology plays a significant role as an enabler of this transformation, but will not drive it alone. Improving patient care and driving toward patient engagement are crucial goals in this next phase of the healthcare industry. To make adoption ubiquitous and implementation effective, there are several things we should focus on as we dive into 2015. By Alan Portela, CEO, AirStrip

  10. Health System CIO Priorities—Changes Ahead Due To Covid-19 1/14/2021

    In February of 2020, one month before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, health system CIOs participated in a College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) survey to identify their top IT priorities and barriers to progress. A summary of this CHIME survey revealed that optimizing EHR/EMR services was the top IT priority, followed by patient engagement and consumer technologies—telemedicine, interoperability and analytics. Operating costs pressure was cited as the biggest barrier to making progress with these various health IT initiatives.