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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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  • Maximizing The Potential Of Virtual Care
    9/17/2015

    Almost daily, there is a new announcement about the next-big-thing that promises to radically improve healthcare. By Lidia L. Fonseca, SVP and CIO, Quest Diagnostics

  • Healthcare Marketplace Trends And Expectations For 2020
    1/23/2020

    Over the last few years, the healthcare marketplace has continued to evolve. Market forces including M&A and new innovations in technology solutions, from consumer-facing digital front doors to back office patient matching solutions, are helping to fuel this evolution. With all of this activity at play, demands for innovation, transparency, and the race to acquire more patients are at the forefront of competitive strategy.

  • Case Study: Enhancing The Patient Experience With Self-Service Technology
    1/18/2011
    This case study highlights how The Medical Center of Central Georgia optimized staff productivity, reduced costs, and enhanced the overall patient experience by leveraging a kiosk self-registration solution.
  • EHR Switch: Never Underestimate Need For Support
    3/28/2014

    Lisa McChesney, director of information systems at UPMC Hamot discusses the technological challenges of the “Big Bang,” from network connectivity to active directory to resolving or modifying IP addresses. She also speaks to the importance of assigning someone with project management skills when looking for champions, as well as the importance of “seeking first to understand.”

  • 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

  • 5 Ways To Protect Sensitive Healthcare Data
    7/14/2017

    The number of ransomware emails jumped 6,000 percent between 2015 and 2016, per an IBM Security study. To put that into perspective, SonicWall reports there were 3.8 million ransomware attacks in 2015 and over 638 million in 2016. By John Harris, chief technology officer, SIGNiX

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