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• mHealth's Duty Amid Today's Healthcare Instability

  5/26/2017

  In his first 100 Days, President Trump has taken Obamacare’s repeal and replacement off life-support and thrust it again into the spotlight. Will the ultimate legislative achievement upend the rules for insurance companies, physicians, and patients? By Jon Michaeli, EVP of Business Development, Medisafe

• Maybe Healthcare Needs A Quadruple Aim?

  9/2/2016

  The IHI Triple Aim is a framework developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that describes an approach to optimizing health system performance. The framework’s intent seeks a simultaneous pursuit of improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction); improving the health of populations; and reducing the per capita cost of health care. By Danielle Miller, PHD(c), MSN, RNC-OB Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Applications

• Keeping Health Data Secure Online

  3/9/2018

  Using online systems and messaging platforms to discuss, transfer, or store patient and health data is increasingly implemented in the medical industry. Physicians and hospitals are being required to move their physical files into cloud-based storage solutions in order to release physical office space as well as the administrative burden that accompanies paper files. However, ransomware attacks and cyberattacks have become more common. Some physician offices have paid out the ransom for the safe return of their data. Due to the sensitivity of the health and personal data housed in your online cloud-based systems, how can you effectively encrypt your stored and outgoing data to prevent possible attacks altogether?

• What Data Tells Us About The State Of Patient Engagement

  4/15/2020

  There has never been greater demand from patients for quicker and easier access to care. To meet that mandate, more and more providers are leveraging mobile-first engagement technologies to improve access and deliver the overall experience today’s consumers expect. One of those technologies is something the vast majority of U.S. adults use every day: text messaging.

• Controlling Patient Hypertension Via Wireless Devices

  3/25/2010

  73 million Americans have high blood pressure (defined as an individual: with systolic pressure of 140 mmHg or greater and/or diastolic pressure of 90 mmHg or greater, taking antihypertensive medication, or being told at least twice as having high blood pressure by a physician or other healthcare professional). By IDEAL LIFE, Inc.
• The Identity Lifecycle Of Healthcare Workers: Improving Security And Access Management

  3/5/2019

  A survey by Compdata validates what healthcare organizations are experiencing everyday: one of the highest employee turnover rates in an overall job market whose turnover rate is going up every year. The 2018 survey shows healthcare at a total turnover rate of 20.4 percent, bracketed by hospitality, at 31.8 percent and manufacturing and distribution at 20 percent. The implications are clear for healthcare IT and security professionals – a significant part of their job is onboarding new personnel, revising access as personnel change roles, and securely offboarding employees to guard against risk.