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• First We Fix The Data, Then We Make It Work For Us

  5/13/2016

  The healthcare industry amasses a tremendous amount of clinical data from which it gets far less value than it should. One issue is the lack of consistent, or perhaps I should say persistent, data stewardship with many errors and omissions negatively impacting clinicians. A second issue is a failure to put clinical data to work in meaningful ways, including the identification of trends and patterns (your most at-risk patients), or — at a much higher system level — reducing network leakage and creating effective measurement initiatives. Addressing these issues will be essential to achieving meaningful progress toward healthcare industry goals — and it’s really not as difficult as it seems.

• Medical Call Centers, Or Next-Generation Clinics?

  9/7/2018

  Technology is rapidly changing the way we communicate — not only with our friends and loved ones, but with businesses as well. As mobile devices expand in both quantity and capability, technology is now impacting nearly every facet of our lives. For example, conversations that used to happen face-to-face are now occurring over chat or video. In the medical field, this shift is rapidly changing the way that patients receive care from a clinic or provider as well.

• The Healthcare Digital Backbone

  5/12/2015

  The healthcare industry is undergoing significant transformation with wellness and personal devices exponentially increasing the reach of what was termed as healthcare access in traditional terms. On the other hand, cost and regulatory compliance pressures are pushing for improved efficiency. While it is a paradigm shift from a consumer perspective, it does impose significant changes on the IT side as well. The B2C shift as well as evolving reimbursement models will result in innumerable changes in interactions. It is no more a provider administered IT interaction, but device and app based self-service. By Ashok Balasubramanian, Head, Services Transformation Group, Syntel

• GDPR Vs. HIPAA — Noting The Differences

  12/15/2017

  If you are in the United Kingdom or anywhere in the European Union, you may have already started working towards GDPR compliance. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is a set of compliance requirements that comes into effect in May 2018 and will apply to any organization that deals with data provided by citizens of the European Union. In other words, this ruling can apply to your organization even if you are based outside the EU but handle data pertaining to patients from the EU.

• How Software Can Upgrade Trust In Hospital Halls And Clinics

  11/17/2015

  Trust between patients and their doctors is central to better care; however, strong relationships between clinical and IT teams are also key. Support staff who do not have good relationships with their medical colleagues will face challenges with new implementations and technical adoption. Applying some simple Art of Medicine principles can help build trust between these teams. By Dr. Ehab Hanna, CMIO, Universal Health Services, Inc.

• Will Digital Fingerprint Forensics Thwart Data Thieves Lurking In EHR Corridors?

  9/20/2016

  As Halloween approaches, the usual spate of horror movies will intrigue audiences across the U.S., replete with slashers named Jason or Freddie running amuck in the corridors of all too easily accessible hospitals. They grab a hospital gown and the zombies fit right in. While this is just a movie you can turn off, the real horror of patient data theft can follow you. By Donald Voltz, MD, Aultman Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Director of the Main Operating Room, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University and Northeast Ohio Medical University