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• How IT Can Support Patient Safety In A Surgical Setting

  10/7/2019

  Twenty years ago, the Institute of Medicine published its seminal Consensus Report on patient safety, “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System.” That report noted that almost 100,000 annual deaths resulted from preventable medical errors and called for greater exploration of technology to reduce medical errors.

• How Telemedicine Can Help Reduce Rural Hospital Closures And Provide Easier Access To Care

  8/31/2017

  Since 2010, more than 80 rural hospitals have closed across the U.S. while nearly 700 are still at risk. By Bobby Park, MD, Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Health, RelyMD

• What Is The Future Of Data And Analytics In Healthcare After COVID-19?

  5/18/2020

  The amount of data collected and analyzed by hospitals and healthcare organizations across the world was already on the rise, but the global pandemic has sharpened the focus on data even more.

• New Business Models For The Emerging Consumer-Driven On-Demand Healthcare Economy

  1/26/2018

  Convenience, simplicity, speed and immediate satisfaction are the hallmarks of the on-demand economy. Broadly defined as business activity created by technology platforms that fulfill consumer demand via the immediate provisioning of goods and services, the on-demand economy has disrupted virtually every industry. Healthcare tends to think of itself as unique—and immune–but the platform economy is already at work in the industry.

• Virtual Visits Can Widen Access To High-Quality Healthcare

  6/17/2015

  If you live in an urban area, you likely take for granted there will be numerous hospitals and physician practices (including those with high-level subspecialty care) within a short distance of home. But for much of the world, access to even basic healthcare can be difficult. Those who live in rural areas of the U.S. and other countries often must travel long distances to see a primary care physician. Critical access hospitals, which provide much of the care for rural Americans, are struggling. Many are expected to close in the near future. And access to specialists and subspecialists is even more difficult. By Sid Nair, VP & Global General Manager, Dell Services Healthcare & Life Sciences

• Effectively Combatting Ransomware In Healthcare

  9/16/2016

  Ransomware! It’s the latest boogeyman to hit the healthcare cybersecurity radar, largely because the impact is easily quantified and understood: workstations are disabled, files encrypted, and systems immediately impacted. By Susan Biddle, Sr. Director of Healthcare at Fortinet