Feature Articles
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Are Your Reports Showing Pregnant Men And Smoking Babies?
9/11/2017
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How The Biocomplexity Institute Of Virginia Tech Is Leveraging High-Performance Analytics For Public Health
8/15/2017
The recent outbreak of the Zika virus and its impact highlights the need for the world’s leading health organizations and governments to innovate using emerging technologies for tracking and preventing epidemics. By Harshal Shah, Senior Director, Healthcare, Persistent Systems
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Hospital Tells Story With Interactive Video Wall
8/11/2017
As part of a significant expansion and modernization of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation was looking for a way to recognize and honor the many individuals and groups that contributed to the project’s success. By Greg Giordano, AIA, Director of Design & Strategy, Sensory Interactive
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Deliver Fast, Secure Authentication And Virtual Desktop Access To Optimize Epic Workflows
7/31/2017
Metro Health’s motto is “expert care, made easy,” which the IT staff adopted for its approach to information technology. In an effort to provide higher quality and consistency of care across its network, Metro Health implemented an electronic health records system from Epic to provide EHR access from the hospital, neighborhood outpatient centers, and participating physicians.
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Healthcare Organizations Tell All: Desktop Virtualization Adoption Trends Explained
7/31/2017
For years, Imprivata has worked with – and learned from – our virtualization partners and hospital organizations around the world. And together, over the last five years, we have predicted that healthcare organizations would continue to adopt virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
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Virtualization And SSO Removes Technology Overhead From Clinical Workflows
7/31/2017
Moffitt Cancer Center, the no. 6 cancer hospital in the nation based on U.S. News & World Report, is a 206-bed facility located in Tampa, Florida. Moffitt, like any other busy clinical environment, is always looking to improve the clinical workflows of care providers. They were particularly interested in saving clinicians’ time, and allowing care providers to focus less on technology and more on patients. That’s why John McFarland, Director of IT Business Management, and his team initiated a comprehensive implementation of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and single sign-on (SSO).
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15 VDI Best Practices From Healthcare IT Professionals
7/31/2017
Your care providers need to access information and applications quickly, easily, and from any location, so that they can focus less on technology and more on what they’re there to do – help patients.
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Christus Health Reports Over $2.3 Million Saved After Implementing SSO
7/31/2017
Physician dissatisfaction with electronic health records (EHRs) in the Meaningful Use era has been significant. For many physicians, EHRs and computerized provider order entry (CPOE) are among the largest, most dislocating changes in clinical practice and workflow in a generation. Physicians have expressed concerns over perceived usability, interruptions in clinical workflow and patient relationships, as well as the time added to an already heavy work volume. Superimposed on these challenges is the imperative for all care givers to maintain the highest possible security for protected health information through HIPAA compliance. It has been observed that what makes passwords effective – complexity and frequent change – also makes them hard to remember.
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Appointment Reminders: An Effective Solution To Promote Appointment Adherence
7/12/2017
Missed appointments result in a lose-lose situation for both provider and patient. A no-show patient means more time rescheduling and longer wait times for other patients who are interested in an appointment, resulting in lower patient satisfaction. It also means higher costs of care delivery, while personnel and equipment go underutilized. Most importantly, missed appointments also negatively affect the health and treatment outcomes of the patient and increase the likelihood of complications and hospital admissions.
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How Bright Oaks Pediatrics Provides Patients Quality Pediatric-Specific Experiences
7/3/2017
Improve quality of care through a pediatric specific EHR technology