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• Providers Must Engage Themselves, If They Want To Engage Patients

  8/31/2016

  There is a lot of talk these days about patient engagement, but what does that mean when it comes to value-based purchasing? According to the National Business Coalition on Health, value-based purchasing is “a demand side strategy to measure, report, and reward excellence in healthcare delivery.” By Scott Logan, Vice President of Marketing, Enghouse Interactive

• Silver Cross Hospital Increases Patient Satisfaction With Kiosk Technology

  1/18/2011

  This case study highlights how a self-service kiosk helped Silver Cross Hospital reduce patient wait times. Since implementing the solution Silver Cross has improved its Press Ganey wait-time rankings from the 80th to the 92nd percentile.
• Tackling The Prevalence Of False Diagnoses In American Medicine

  10/22/2015

  Last month, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report which declared half of all Americans will experience a false diagnosis in their lifetime. Think about it: one of every two people in the U.S. will receive an incorrect diagnosis. The report also noted that diagnosis errors are implicated in one out of every ten patient deaths, and that they account for up to 17 percent of hospital adverse events. By Darren Schulte, CEO, Apixio

• Private Practice Streamlines Clinician And Patient Care Processes With Tablet Computing

  5/19/2011

  This case study highlights how Clinique Esquirol Saint Hilaire was able to gain real-time access to procedural information, eliminate duplication of effort, and increase data security by deploying 85 tablet PCs across its 15 healthcare departments. By Motion Computing, Inc.
• Community Hospital Mobilizes Staff For Process Improvement And More

  2/27/2012

  East Jefferson General Hospital‘s (EJGH) nurses required photo documentation for a pressure ulcer prevention project. Lightweight mobile devices have now streamlined this process, contributing to a drastic reduction in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
• Hospitals: 3 Digital Corners You May Be Cutting

  2/17/2018

  The move from volume (fee-for-service) to value (value-based payment) and the growth in importance of outcomes and measurement are significantly impacting how providers share information with each other. Providers must be able to access health information across the continuum of care, as well as track and report health events amongst a network of providers. The FDA recently launched its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which reimagines the agency’s approach to digital health products and innovation, to promote greater access and improved public health.