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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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Medications change rapidly, and innovative treatments often consist of a "cocktail" of drugs, so custom mixing of pharmaceuticals has become a major component of healthcare – one that necessitates an extreme degree of accuracy and tracking.

The Intermec IF2 is a compact, cost-effective network reader designed to support diverse RFID applications in both enterprise and industrial environments that require a scalable RFID system with a low cost per read point.

ChiroTouch chiropractic software system is state-of-the-art practice management software designed specifically for the chiropractic practice. ChiroTouch is your best source for combined Electronic Medical Records (EMR), billing, chiropractic SOAP notes, advanced scheduling and practice management software. Using the latest Microsoft .NET connectivity, our chiropractic software provides a highly intuitive and fully customizable documentation system that allows your office to spend more time providing quality patient care.
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.
Patient safety demands accurate identification of both patients and samples. Accurate sample identification and management processes need to begin at the patient bedside. The greater the time or distance between when a sample is drawn and when it is identified, the greater the chance for error.
Web 2.0 is profoundly changing the way we work and interact. More than 90 of the top 100 Web sites are categorized as social networking or search sites, supporting dynamic or user-generated content. Many organizations are embracing the Web as a business platform, but Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and RSS feeds, render traditional security technologies such as antivirus, Web reputation, and basic URL filtering ineffective.

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FEATURED CONTENT

  • How Actionable Data Can Assist In The Operating Room
    12/14/2017

    Today’s hospitals face relentless pressure to improve quality, especially in the operating room. This challenge requires insights into root causes of problems and unnecessary clinical variations, which are notoriously difficult to diagnose.

  • Rugged Mobile Solutions Take Emergency Response To New Heights
    10/22/2013

    For fire fighters, police officers, and EMTs, working more efficiently isn’t about cutting costs — it’s about saving lives.

  • Achieving A PACS Neutral Archive
    7/14/2010
    What is a PACS-Neutral Archive? Why should one consider a PACS-Neutral Archive? How does an organization achieve a PACS-Neutral Archive? This paper will answer these questions and discuss the challenges and nuances related to achieving this goal.
  • How Payspan Conquered The Unique Challenges Of NAS Migrations In Healthcare
    4/16/2020

    Complex unstructured data migration tests healthcare payments company.

  • Technological Innovations To Promote Patient Safety, Engagement
    10/13/2015

    In recent years, clinicians and hospitals have paid increasing attention to safety in the care experience and avoidance of preventable adverse events (PAEs). Of course, the practice of medicine is both an art and a science, and is thus subject to human error. But with a “product” as critical and as delicate as human health, a commitment to the prevention of error — and to adopting the necessary tools to be successful — must be a top priority. Lessons from the industry may be helpful to those of us in the healthcare community. Smart businesses, such as manufacturing operations, have an obligation to mitigate risk of error. More than nine out of ten workplace accidents are the result of human error, so companies often rely on systems processes — essentially, checklists based on best practices — to establish safety protocols. By Michael Gropper, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Giving Voice To The Patient Record Improves The Consumer Experience
    7/10/2018

    To give patients a complete picture of their healthcare experience, providers need tools to structure data so it can be easily searched and retrieved.

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