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• Text Messaging Is Disrupting Healthcare In Unexpected Ways

  12/6/2018

  The method of communication has already had major impacts on the healthcare industry and increased the level of access patients have with their providers, but the changes are just beginning. With more advancements and adoption of mobile technology in every aspect of patients’ lives, texting still has the potential to radically change the healthcare process.

• HIT's Role In Improving Opioid Tracking In The Hospital

  8/30/2018

  Contrary to popular belief, pharmaceutical companies are not solely responsible for the opioid crisis we’re now experiencing. Physicians are also to blame. Pharmas tell us that only 1 in 1,000 patients become addicted to opioids, so don’t fear them. Meanwhile, physicians are naturally and understandably patient-focused, so their primary concern has always been to do whatever they can to relieve a patient’s pain in the most effective manner possible. In general, we were led to believe that opioid addiction and withdrawal are associated with long-term use, not as the result of the treatment decisions made while a patient is in the hospital.

• The Roadmap To Digital Healthcare: Security, Mobility, Automation, And Cloud Capabilities For Today's Practitioner

  5/17/2018

  Digital healthcare offers an opportunity to improve every aspect of your organization, but it can’t be achieved successfully without a clear plan. Piecing together an IT infrastructure for your healthcare business requires a clear roadmap which each software and solution must then fit into.

• Riding The Herd To Transformational Success

  12/1/2016

  There is an unpleasant truth that almost any CIO or senior insurance executive is loath to admit: at some point in the past he or she has been involved in a large and costly technology initiative that failed spectacularly. It’s especially difficult when the initiative is at the root of the company’s operations, as are many core systems transformation initiatives. Why does this happen? There are many reasons, but many fail as a result of the effects of a kind of herd mentality.

• The Project Doctor Is In: The Importance Of Routine Project Health Checks

  11/8/2018

  Can a software project be alive? This is an interesting idea, as a software project has no body, no apparent vital signs to measure, and has no other tangible qualities one would attribute to “life." A project is born, it grows, it consumes resources, and has a finite end usually marked by retiring support or through abrupt termination. Inorganic, incorporeal, but it is indeed living, and it requires proper and routine check-ups to keep the project headed toward success. As a doctor performs a health check on patients, so to must project leaders check-up on their living projects.

• Case Study: Prescription-Strength SmartSearch Cures Inefficiency In Home Health Care Operation

  11/11/2009

  Sick of relying on a cumbersome, paper-based system to manage patient care, a leading home health care company finally found the medicine it needed. Affordable, easy-to-use and reliable, SmartSearch quickly transformed the company into a totally electronic, virtually paperless organization. By Square 9 Softworks