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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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The powerful SpeechMike Barcode with integrated Barcode Scanner allows you to attach patient or client information to your dictations and securely allocate the data to the relevant file.
The Philips Digital Pocket Memo 9600 series sets new standards in advanced functionality and style. Voice commands, on-board file encryption and password protection are but a few of the powerful features of the 9600. The ergonomic design lends itself to unparalleled user friendliness to create dictations, and the intuitive controls are easy to use.
The Ultra Phoenix is an integrated state-of-the-art touch-screen computer-based nurse call system.
Web Based EMR and Practice Management System Completely Customized for an Allergy and Immunology Practice. Waiting Room Solutions offers award-winning eletronic medical record (EMR) and practice management solutions designed to help Allergy and Immunology practices enhance efficiently, profitability, and patient care.
The fundamental objective of MOSS (Misys Open Source Solutions) Health Information Exchange is the secure exchange of patient clinical data with authorized users to advance the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery. Misys Connectâ„¢ Exchange leverages IHE technical profiles to exchange medical summary documents across various source systems. For provider organizations, communities, and state-level Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) or Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), these HIE Services enable an XDS.b (CCD, HITSP C32/C48 specifications) document (containing patient health information) to be shared regardless of the source system.

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  • Inside NSW Health: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Performance Issues With Critical Duress Tags
    8/22/2018

    Troubleshooting today’s networks can be a constant challenge, especially when you’re responsible for hunting down business-critical issues among multiple distributed locations. As the network manager for NSW (New South Wales) Local Health District, my team is responsible for managing network, server, Wi-Fi and PC support across an environment that spans 12 hospital locations and approximately 22 community health centers throughout Southeastern Australia.

  • Is It Bad Debt Or Charity Care? The Right Way To Measure Uncompensated Care
    11/11/2016

    As part of the Affordable Care Act of 2009, new requirements were introduced relating to community benefits for nonprofit hospitals to meet in order to qualify for 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status. By Lori M. Jones, chief revenue officer, Connance

  • Virtual Monitoring & How It Can Improve The Patient Experience
    10/22/2018

    In today’s digital world, customer experience is everything. In nearly every industry, consumers who are unsatisfied with the service they receive or by an experience they have with an organization will seek that service elsewhere. The healthcare industry has been known for lacking a positive patient experience, with grumblings of frustration with the healthcare system heard across the country.

  • Where To Begin In Creating A Connected Health Environment
    10/11/2016

    A connected health environment joins doctors to data, patients to healthcare providers, and practices to networks — all with the objective of delivering better health outcomes and more integrated care. By Susmit Pal, healthcare strategist, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Dell EMC

  • You Can't Ignore The Fax: Tips For Transitioning Providers To A Digital Fax Solution
    7/6/2020

    While the fax machine has no shortage of challenges—lack of privacy, misdials and risk of confidentiality breach, throughput challenged, blurry printouts, wasteful—it also has been a tried and true workhorse. Organizations seeking to transition to a more efficient and secure alternative will need to take pragmatic steps to assure an electronic solution works as reliably, easily, and inexpensively as the fax machine.

  • 5 Strategies For Using Analytics In Population Health
    6/6/2016

    I recently had the opportunity to speak at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) about the role data plays in emerging population health strategies. Patient data has the ability to truly impact the way healthcare functions — for both patient outcomes and provider bottom lines — but the industry is often at an impasse on how to actually use data to derive meaningful insights that lead to improved care and healthier populations. By George Dealy, Vice President of Healthcare Applications at Dimensional Insight

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