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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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Ensuring that the right patient is always matched with the right medical history, medications and doctor's instructions is critical to providing the right care.

Designed for mobility, the Motion ® C5t delivers productivity and reliability at the point of care. Built on the foundation of the industry’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), designed for healthcare environments and based on input from thousands of clinicians worldwide, the C5t is the right fit for demanding healthcare workflows.

With rich feature sets and extensive model options, the Gryphon™ product series from Datalogic Scanning represents the premium level of data collection equipment for general purpose applications.
Healthcare industry today is focused on improving the quality of care and operational efficiency, while reducing costs and optimizing its backend operations. By Infosys Technologies Limited
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.
With so many electronic medical record systems on the market today, it’s difficult to wade through the features and functionality of each system to make sure that it fits the needs of your busy practice. MediNotes e has been specifically designed to stand out in the market, with a design that eliminates navigation and makes multi-tasking a reality.

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FEATURED CONTENT

  • Cost Transparency Is Not Enough — Engagement Is Critical
    6/21/2016

    It’s more imperative than ever for health plans and employers to offer not only cost transparency tools, but support them with proactive engagement. Engagement is key to driving utilization of cost transparency and provider search and, thus, cost savings. Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association did a study on cost transparency and its results. They found that, rather than helping members spend less and save, health spending actually increased for the member populations. The word that was not mentioned? Engagement.

  • A Shift In Measuring 'True' Provider Performance: Metrics & Actions To Improve Outcomes
    10/9/2018

    Measuring provider performance is complex. The analytics required to produce valid and reliable metrics is challenging. Using those metrics to make a tangible impact on outcomes is even harder.

  • The Data Proves It: First Case Starts And Turnover Time Are Not Your Best Metrics
    6/13/2017

    As a perioperative business manager for almost a decade, I’ve seen dozens of operating room efficiency improvement projects and benchmarks that focus heavily on first case delays and turnover times.

  • Key Considerations For Organizations To Stabilize Operations In Uncertain Times
    6/8/2020

    In the years ahead, when we have time, and the benefit of hindsight - to look back on healthcare’s response to the COVID pandemic, will we see it as a scramble to meet unexpected demands or will it be a windfall that unlocks the regulatory and technological needs our industry has been requesting for some time?

  • Greater Efficiency Can Solve The Physician Shortage Problem
    10/30/2015

    The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) warns the U.S. will have a shortfall of about 130,000 physicians by 2025. Many healthcare leaders are urgently calling for a nationwide effort to recruit and educate doctors as it takes a minimum of seven years to fully train a physician. But there’s another way to solve the problem: increase physician efficiency and capacity. By Tom Cox, CEO, MyHealthDirect

  • Is It Time To Get Away From The Idea Of “Patient Experience”?
    11/5/2020

    For the last 20 years, the healthcare industry has been slowly shifting from fee-for-service to value-based care. We’ve seen the advent of the triple aim, the quadruple aim, pay-for-performance, and ACOs. All of this in an attempt to move from paying for healthcare based on quantity to paying for quality and outcomes. In the meantime, we’ve also seen a rise in consumerism and a focus on patient experience. And we tie those to the goals of value-based care. But the very word experience suggests we are still thinking about healthcare as episodic, and episodic care is susceptible to massive disruptions like those we’ve seen with COVID-19.

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