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• Distancing Doesn't Mean Disconnecting!

  6/25/2020

  Social distancing. It went from a phrase few people had ever heard to one that’s repeated on the news, via social media, and in private conversations many times a day. And while recommendations to stay a minimum of six feet apart have changed life as we know it, social distancing does not mean that communication with patients should slow down. In fact, it’s the very opposite! Patient communication is more important than ever before.

• EMR Adoption: Usability, Security Gaps Resolved Through ECM Integration

  10/19/2016

  The future of EHRs has been a topic of heavy discussion and debate. The world many anticipated coming from Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems is beginning to take shape, but due to the limitations of many practice-and hospital-based systems it is not exactly the future everyone envisioned. By HK Bain, CEO, Digitech Systems

• 3 Ways Telehealth Benefits Patients And Providers

  6/27/2016

  In a time when consumers are getting much of their information on-demand, they are also starting to expect more convenience from healthcare. For example, most patients report the desire to contact their doctor through email or virtual visits. In short, telemedicine provides the convenient, time-saving access to health care that consumers want.

• How Genomics Is Set To Change Clinical Decision-Making

  2/9/2018

  Genetic testing has already been influencing clinical decision-making. A number of single gene tests are available to evaluate breast cancer risk or determine how long a patient with deep vein thrombosis will need to stay on a blood thinner. Soon, clinicians will be incorporating information from significant portions, if not all, of a patient's entire genome into many aspects of clinical decision-making. A recent symposium on precision medicine at Mayo Clinic (Nov. 2017) suggested a clinical goal of having genomic information “preemptively” available in the EHR so that it could be seamlessly incorporated into clinical workflow without having to wait for genomic results.

• Harnessing The Power Of IoT For Efficiency In Healthcare Systems

  6/22/2017

  In the age of mobile applications and constant connectivity, today’s patients expect the same level of technology and on-demand information in a healthcare environment as they have at home. By Dan McGinn, director of secure power systems, Schneider Electric

• Case Study: Blood Systems Relies On Juniper Networks Integrated Security, Access And Data Center Acceleration Solutions To Give Life To Its WAN

  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