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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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Modernizing health IT is a key focus for economic recovery - governments around the world are funding strategic stimulus initiatives for IT investment in healthcare, such as the American Recovery & Reinvestment (ARRA) HITECH Act 2009.
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Risk Assessment Manager provides everything you need to expose areas of risk within your healthcare organization and respond quickly and appropriately. Integrated, Web-based tools save time and lower the costs of risk management in healthcare.
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Designed for mobility, the Motion ® C5t delivers productivity and reliability at the point of care. Built on the foundation of the industry’s first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), designed for healthcare environments and based on input from thousands of clinicians worldwide, the C5t is the right fit for demanding healthcare workflows.

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  • Mobile Devices And e-PHI: A Dangerous Combination?
    12/20/2017

    Increasing numbers of healthcare professionals are using cellphones at work, as the benefits of being able to communicate with colleagues, gain access to information, and share data more freely become more widely recognized throughout the industry. One report suggests as many of 90 percent of clinicians, and around half of nurses and other staff members now use a smartphone at work, which isn't hugely surprising given 95 percent of Americans now own a cellphone of some kind.

  • EHR Switch Disrupts Physician Workflow
    3/28/2014

    Dr. Richard Long, SVP & CMO at UPMC Hamot speaks to the biggest challenges UPMC Hamot’s physicians faced in regards to UPMC Hamot’s rollover from Soarian to Cerner, mentioning “the way their workflow flows” as the biggest. Long also says, “While the physicians welcomed (the change), it’s obviously a challenge once it happens to you.”

  • How To Address Consumerism Trends And Boost Patient Reimbursement
    8/20/2018

    Consumerism has been driving industry improvements for many years, but its impact on hospitals and health systems remains fairly new. Patients with high deductible health plans (HDHPs) continues to rise. Ten or so years ago, only 55 percent of plans even had a deductible.

  • Defending Healthcare IT In The Pandemic Landscape
    8/31/2020

    Attackers have used subjects in the news as social engineering lures before, but this moved to the next level in the first half of 2020. From opportunistic phishers to scheming nation-state actors, cyber adversaries found multiple ways to exploit the pandemic for their benefit at enormous scale. Phishing and business email compromise schemes, nation-state-backed campaigns, and ransomware attacks were paramount among them. Bad actors worked to maximize the global nature of a pandemic that affected everyone, combined with an immediately expanded digital attack surface.

  • Protecting Your Network From Hackers
    4/7/2016

    Many healthcare organizations don’t realize just how many privileged accounts are on its network that insiders have access to. Periodically taking inventory of these accounts and getting rid of those that aren’t needed can go a long way toward protecting your organization’s network: think of it as a new type of spring cleaning.

  • FinTechs Made Personal Wealth Management Easier: Can MedTechs Do The Same For Personal Health?
    9/6/2018

    The financial meltdown of 2007 did away with the image of banks as safe havens for wealth. A joint coup between emerging technologies and FinTech innovators triggered a change in how wealth was managed. The idea that an alternative to conventional banking models could exist suddenly seemed viable. FinTech brought a fresh approach to wealth management with digital platforms and mobile apps. These organizations put consumers in direct control of how they manage, move, and spend money. A precedent has been set for the future of wealth management. Can other industries follow suit?

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