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• Why More Medical Professionals Are Getting Data Breach Insurance

  5/10/2019

  Many medical professionals get malpractice insurance for protection against losses associated with alleged errors. However, there's another kind of coverage that's increasingly necessary for them: data breach insurance.

• Real-Time Data Is The Answer For Mobile Workforce Management

  10/1/2019

  When it comes to homecare and managing patient relationships, following through on commitments is mandatory. Yet many providers are shooting themselves in the proverbial foot — using tired scheduling methods that overlook real-world challenges, such as appointments running over and unanticipated traffic that can lead to broken commitments. In lieu of a crystal ball that can predict problems and delays, providers must rely on actual, real-time data to create the ideal schedule. This model, known as truth-based appointment booking, involves booking appointments based on true job durations and true travel time, and considers existing commitments to patients in making the best scheduling decisions.

• Reduce Lost Appointments By Aligning Digital Technology With Patient Behavior

  2/3/2016

  Historically, practices have had no-show rates ranging from 5 to 50 percent. The reality is, missed appointments happen and, when they do, cost the practice both time and money. There are numerous reasons why patients miss appointments, but many of them could have been prevented. By Tom Cox, CEO, MyHealthDirect

• A New Frontier In Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM): Gesture Detection

  7/12/2018

  The healthcare market has been flooded with new RPM solutions. There are wired connections and wireless sensors tracking patients’ physical states, monitoring and alerting on patient deterioration, notifying caregivers if discharged or disabled patients or even elderly patients’ wellness indicators have changed for the worse — the need for remote monitoring is real. But we have only scratched the surface.

• Solving Nurse Allocation Issues: How AI Effectively Prepares Infusion Centers

  8/20/2019

  Louis Pasteur famously said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” In highly specialized environments such as infusion centers, which are unpredictable by nature, it often seems impossible to adequately prepare. Scheduling is highly complex, wait times are long, and nurses are usually rushed. Burnout and job dissatisfaction are systemic, and as a result, the patient care experience is suboptimal. Yet, new technologies make it possible to reduce uncertainties, adapt to change, and fuel a new level of preparedness that tips chance heavily in favor of patients and staff while enabling centers to function efficiently.

• Millennials Lead The Way To Healthcare Innovation

  10/3/2016

  Statisticians, researchers, and workplace experts love to talk about how different Millennials are than the rest of us as workers and consumers. There have been numerous studies about the potential impact of this group on the healthcare industry, since healthcare defies nearly every value that Millennials hold dear. By Mark Haddad, VP of Consulting for the Microsoft group, SADA Systems