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• A New Era For IT In Healthcare - Are You Prepared To Achieve The Quadruple Aim?

  5/1/2018

  Information technology professionals have never played a more important role in healthcare or been more responsible for its ultimate success or failure. If information is the new lifeblood of healthcare, data are the platelets that comprise it and IT infrastructure is the circulatory system it moves through. In my 30 years in the industry, I’ve seen technology’s role grow in importance and today I would argue that it is ground zero for each objective of the “Quadruple Aim.”

• Lessons Learned From Improper Software Evaluation In Healthcare

  3/30/2010

  There are many reasons for a failed system implementation in a healthcare environment, and this article will highlight a few lessons learned from not doing a proper software evaluation. By Dylan Persaud, managing director, Eval-Source
• 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.

• Guest Column: How Can Document Scanning Protect You From Swine Flu?

  9/23/2009

  It’s the biggest healthcare story of 2009. The World Health Organization has declared the swine flu pandemic the first in 41 years. In order to manage this crisis, the healthcare community will need to use technology to track patients and countermeasures in order to quickly analyze what is working and what needs to be changed. By Mike Stuhley is the president of GoScan, Inc.
• The Move Towards Data Analytics Is A Security Problem

  3/16/2016

  2015 marked a significant and alarming year for the healthcare industry. Verizon’s 2015 Protected Health Information (PHI) Data Breach report confirmed 90 percent of industries have experienced patient data breaches and that jeopardized PHI has reached more than 392 million records, totaling 1,931 incidents across 25 countries.

• 4 Coding Changes Likely To Impact Healthcare Practices In 2019

  2/11/2019

  Medical coding brings consistency to the documentation of treatments, procedures and other care patients receive. Medical coding specialists and other people who handle technical aspects of healthcare and facility management have to stay abreast of upcoming or proposed changes. Here are some of them for providers to keep in mind this year.