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• Best Practices For Preparing Your IT Network For Consolidation

  10/18/2016

  Acquisition and consolidation have become increasingly common across the healthcare industry as hospitals and health systems look to respond to the changing economics of healthcare reform, achieve scale, and capture market share — and many experts predict the pace of consolidation will only continue. By Bruce Brown, Healthcare Practice Leader, Juniper Networks

• LED Automation For Increased Efficiency And Patient Well-Being In Healthcare Facilities

  10/23/2018

  Hospitals and healthcare facilities are meant to be a place of healing and recuperation which is why thousands of dollars are poured into creating the best patient environment. Hospitals have the unique challenge of meeting very rigorous sanitation, safety and comfort standards which, if not met, can impact the well-being of patients and the efficiency of staff.

• Improving Online Accessibility For The Blind And Partially Sighted

  6/13/2018

  Since the 1990s, the internet has become a staple in most Americans’ lives for personal communications and commercial transactions.  Most businesses of any size advertise their products and services online, and organizations across all industries increasingly are engaged in some form of e-commerce, including various types of electronic bill presentment and payment. This phenomenon is not limited to just retailers, either. Insurance companies, healthcare organizations, banks and other financial institutions also rely on electronic communication channels for initial outreach, customer onboarding and retention, invoicing and billing, correspondence, etc.

• How ACOs Can Succeed Under Value-Based Care

  9/17/2018

  Value-based care has been discussed for years in healthcare circles, but the healthcare system may be approaching a breaking point in its transition to this model of rewarding quality of care over volume.

• Want Real Healthcare Reform? Start Listening To Patients' Social Posts

  8/21/2018

  Enlightened hospital systems have already started to listen to patients who are sharing their experiences on the web: on Twitter, in public posts to hospitals’ Facebook pages, and in public reviews on Google and a host of healthcare review sites.

• Utilizing NLP To Complete The Patient Puzzle: The 360-Degree View Of A Patient

  1/29/2018

  The drive towards value-based care necessitates a comprehensive view of every patient. When it comes to this patient ‘puzzle’ we are just starting to put the pieces together, but the view in most EHRs does not support this data requirements change. Important information remains buried in unstructured text and specialist reports from radiology, pathology and outside resources - not easily allowing a true 360-degree of the patient.