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• 5 Tips For Safeguarding Data Security

  2/22/2017

  It looks like ensuring complete data security in healthcare may be more challenging this year. According to the Ponemon Institute’s Sixth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data, data breaches in the healthcare industry are continuing to grow in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and total cost. By Christopher Click, Sr. Healthcare Solutions Marketing Manager, Nuance Document Imaging

• Get It Right The First Time: Cleaning Up Claims Improves Profit And Service

  11/5/2015

  As we enter the third enrollment period for ACA, patients and providers are finding some of the kinks getting worked out — but many issues still need attention. For medical practices and insurance providers, one of the main challenges is, quite simply, staying profitable. By Yossi Zekri, president and CEO, Acuant

• Blockchain In Healthcare: An Executive Update

  2/15/2017

  A recent IBM survey indicates 16 percent of healthcare entities may be working with blockchain in 2017. Blockchain has been associated foremost with currency and the financial services industry (e.g., Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies). By John Bass, Corey Todaro, Jason I. Epstein, and Roy Wyman

• 4 Ways 5G Tech Could Impact Medical Facilities

  4/18/2019

  The 5G network is coming, and even though people don't have widespread access to it yet, they typically have a strong sense that it could forever change how they use the internet and connected technologies.At the industry level, organizations are also anticipating how this technology could improve their operations. Here are four ways it may impact healthcare.

• 3 Simple Scheduling Tricks To Steal From The Business World

  3/21/2018

  Unfortunately, healthcare technology is at least a decade behind the rest of the professional world. For the most part, healthcare systems rely on a combination of manual, paper-based processes and disparate systems that do not communicate in real-time. Nowhere is this more evident than in scheduling techniques. While businesses have made an art of productivity and schedule optimization, many clinical settings are plagued with scrambled schedules and inefficient calendar models.

• Technology You Can't Afford Not To Include In Your Budget

  9/4/2018

  The end of 2018 is fast approaching, and that means healthcare practices are making plans for the upcoming year. Everything from marketing strategies to physical improvements in providers’ offices, the beginning of a new year is the perfect time for a fresh start. And with that fresh start comes budget discussions. The goal of every business is to minimize spending and maximize revenue, so often times budget conversations center around areas where practices can decrease costs. In the healthcare world, it can be difficult to justify increasing costs with new technology when practice margins are tight. But sometimes the right patient relationship management (PRM) technology can make a big impact on the bottom line and be well worth the investment, as it quickly pays for itself in increased visits and improved efficiency.