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• A Plague Of Data Breaches Leaves Healthcare Vulnerable

  11/3/2015

  The surge in cyber-attacks targeting healthcare continues unabated. In 2015, healthcare records accounted for more than one-third of the total records compromised in data breaches. According to the Ponemon Institute, the healthcare industry witnessed a 125 percent increase in breaches in the last five years, at a cost of $6 billion a year. But why the healthcare industry, and why now? By Kevin Ketts, VP of Strategy and Operations, NopSec

• Using Analytics For Healthier Encounters

  3/23/2018

  It’s no secret that a new business model has been emerging for the healthcare industry over the last several years. From its early days at the end of the previous century, the Managed Care model has slowly but surely been making its way into every nook and cranny of an industry desperately in need of reinventing itself. The reasons for this are many, but at its core, the promise of a healthcare delivery system organized to manage cost, utilization and the quality of healthcare services is just too promising to ignore.

• 6 Challenges Tech Has Brought To Healthcare (And How To Avoid Them)

  12/19/2019

  Technology has changed the way industry professionals approach the idea of healthcare. While many of these innovations are positive — facilitating patient care and ensuring traditional treatments are more effective — they also present some unique challenges. Why? Because this technology is something the industry has never seen before.

• Improving Patient Care Through Streamlined, Digital Collaboration

  4/2/2019

  In the healthcare industry, it often feels as if the sand is shifting under your feet. Economic, political, market and social forces fluctuate constantly, creating deep uncertainty, while the rapid pace of technological change leaves organizations struggling to catch up. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are common and complicated. The system’s structure (or lack thereof) contributes as well. The sheer complexity of the landscape and the number of entities involved – patients, providers, insurers, regulatory bodies, governmental layers, political factions and more – make objectives like continuity of care particularly challenging.

• AHIMA 2009 Convention & Exhibit Booth Visit: MedQuist Booth 1600

  10/26/2009

  MedQuist Inc. is the largest Medical Transcription Service Organization in the world and a player in technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow.

• Omnichannel Communication: The Frontier Healthcare Needs To Target

  11/4/2019

  One of the many aspects that insurers focus on to create more value through their health plans is to improve communication with the members. In the era of growing digitization, most payers have started to offer online services. However, many beneficiaries still use traditional channels to interact with insurers. Does it imply that members are averse to using digital channels for communication?