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Automation has been making human workers superfluous for centuries, but until recently, workers whose jobs required high-level cognitive skills have been able to rest easy, confident no machine could possibly replace them when it came to making nuanced decisions based on the evaluation of complicated, sometimes contradictory data. By Khal Rai, Senior Vice President, Product Development & Operations, SRS Health

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New legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the USA PATRIOT Act has significantly changed the regulatory landscape.
Healthcare organizations worldwide trust IBM Cognos software to help them drive operational efficiencies and reduce costs, improve the quality of care they deliver, and support innovative clinical research.
For years TEKLYNX bar code software has been working behind the scenes in healthcare, helping the industry that helps others. From medication labels to patient ID tracking to inventory control, TEKLYNX software solutions provide the reliability and security necessary when working with critical healthcare data.
Patient safety demands accurate identification of both patients and samples. Accurate sample identification and management processes need to begin at the patient bedside. The greater the time or distance between when a sample is drawn and when it is identified, the greater the chance for error.
Biometrics have become more and more ubiquitous in our daily lives, from ATM machines to check out aisles at your local market, to personal electronics. Continuing innovations and improvements to the various biometric technologies have made them more accessible to consumers and businesses alike.
The Mindray DP-6600 Portable ultrasound adopts advanced digital beam-forming (DBF) and tissue speciality imaging (TSI) technologies, which has realized improvement on the quality of images. Meanwhile, broadband and multi-frequency transducers enable clinical application in a wider range. 256-frame CINE loop and 16-frame images storage are set as standard configurations. USB ports and DICOM 3.0 enhance the storage ability and facilitate the image transportation. The great performance of the DP-6600 will definitely increase the accuracy of the diagnosis, thus to benefit both of doctors and patients

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    Healthcare experts readily acknowledge that communication is one of the biggest challenges in the industry today. There are, however, things healthcare organizations can do to ensure high quality, meaningful communication with patients.

  • EHR Switch Disrupts Physician Workflow
    3/28/2014

    Dr. Richard Long, SVP & CMO at UPMC Hamot speaks to the biggest challenges UPMC Hamot’s physicians faced in regards to UPMC Hamot’s rollover from Soarian to Cerner, mentioning “the way their workflow flows” as the biggest. Long also says, “While the physicians welcomed (the change), it’s obviously a challenge once it happens to you.”

  • White Paper: Advanced Coding Technology Can Advance The Revenue Cycle
    7/14/2011
    Coding is changing. ICD-10 is looming larger on the horizon, and financial leaders areright to be fearful of its potential effects. Natural language processing (NLP) and computer-assisted coding (CAC) are advanced coding technologies that can alleviate some of the challenges faced in healthcare organizations today. By Mark Morsch, OPTUMInsight
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    9/20/2017

    Wearable technologies have been widely adopted by consumers to measure and track aspects of health. Bracelets can track steps and calorie burn; clothing can measure heart rate and VO2 levels. By Chris Holbert, CEO, SecuraTrac

  • 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

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    11/11/2009
    Blood Systems, one of the country’s oldest and largest blood service providers, has been offering its life-giving services throughout the Western U.S. Through its non-profit community blood centers—United Blood Services and Blood Centers of the Pacific—the company provides blood, blood components and special services to patients in more than 500 hospitals in 18 states ranging from California to the Gulf Coast and from Texas up to the Canadian border. By Juniper Networks

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