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• Overcoming The Perfect Storm To Better Engage Customers

  2/4/2020

  Twenty years ago, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg showed us the devastating impact of a perfect storm. The movie, The Perfect Storm, dramatizes the true story of the final voyage of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail. The ship and her crew fishing off the coast of Newfoundland were stuck at the confluence of two major weather systems, and a hurricane. The crew bravely faced waves measured at over 100 feet high. There was no way to escape. They must fight through the storm. In 2020, healthcare systems are in a similar situation.

• Developing Healthcare Analytics In An Agile World

  5/17/2019

  Big Data is everywhere. However, as the list of Big Data tools grows and grows, organizations of all sizes often struggle to build and maintain analytics infrastructures that are future-proof. Nowhere is this clearer than in the development of healthcare analytics.

• Implementing Tracking Technology To Improve Infection Control

  2/2/2016

  By the end of 2014, the World Health Organization estimated over 17,000 people had been infected with Ebola and over 6,000 have died. Worldwide, this deadly disease has cost approximately $32.6 billion over a two-year span. These data illustrate the critical need for effective and cost-efficient infection control measures but, in reality, few hospitals are equipped to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. By Ari Naim, president and CEO of CenTrak

• Building And Energizing Your Cybersecurity Workforce

  6/22/2018

  It’s becoming more difficult to identify and attract cybersecurity talent in the workplace. The 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) by Frost & Sullivan suggests that the cybersecurity workforce gap is on pace to hit 1.8 million by 2022, a 20 percent increase from 2015 forecasts. According to the report, 68 percent of survey respondents in North America believe there are too few cybersecurity workers in their department, and a majority believes that it is a result of a lack of qualified personnel. The GISWS study also revealed that nearly 40 percent of healthcare hiring managers are looking to increase their workforces by 15 percent or more this year. In the face of these demands, hospitals and healthcare organizations may want to consider more creative strategies to ensure they have a pipeline of competent talent in the months and years to come. Here are some strategic ways healthcare IT leaders can identify potential internal talent to upskill, recruit quality talent externally and cultivate cybersecurity skills across their workforce.

• Show Patients You Care And They'll Show You Gratitude

  11/23/2018

  In recent years, consumer expectations around what constitutes an exceptional service experience have changed, and patient care is not immune to this movement. In today’s world of on-demand service, patients expect real-time communication and transparency from their healthcare provider. To meet this need, healthcare organizations are moving toward a value-based care model where quality of care is prioritized over quantity.

• How Visual Analytics Can Boost Health System Revenue

  12/9/2016

  In healthcare, the term Big Data doesn’t really capture the immensity of information being gathered and shared. For example, the HCA enterprise data warehouse now contains more than 28 petabytes of data. By Rochell Pierce, senior vice president of market development, Aegis Health Group