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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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Healthcare industry today is focused on improving the quality of care and operational efficiency, while reducing costs and optimizing its backend operations. By Infosys Technologies Limited
The Ultra Phoenix is an integrated state-of-the-art touch-screen computer-based nurse call system.
Enterprise Resource Planning has been the ultimate solution to many sectors and healthcare is no exception. Hospitals require more connectivity because the information to be passed is vital and will not serve the purpose if it does not reach in time.
The Misys Connect Exchange Portal is a core element of a community solution that provides clinicians and other members of the care team with the right information at the right time by making patient information available across organizational boundaries and venues of care.
Today’s enterprise is at the center of a number of conflicting trends related to changes in the network. Data centers are consolidating as enterprises are scaling beyond headquarters to regional, branch, and remote locations, and often the network functions as the primary connection between these locations. In order to be competitive, today’s enterprise network must be open for business wherever, whenever, and however business is done.
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  • How Mobile Technology Is Giving The Healthcare Industry A Renewed Focus On Patient Engagement
    3/10/2016

    With a recent PEW study citing 64 percent of American adults have a smartphone and 50 percent of American adults have an internet connected tablet, it is clear mobile technologies have widespread influence. A number of customer-centric industries including retail, hospitality, and transportation are beginning to leverage the power of mobile consumer engagement, and one of the biggest industries also feeling the effects of a more mobile society is healthcare. With so many healthcare providers looking to increase patient satisfaction rates and engagement rates, HIMSS vendors had a number of solutions on display which can help re-engage with patients expecting a more mobile experience. By Cameron Roche, Research Analyst at VDC Research

  • Remote Locations Put Health Information At Risk — 4 Ways To Improve Security
    7/13/2016

    One-third of Americans fell victim to healthcare data breaches in 2015, and 98 percent of those leaks resulted from large-scale attacks directly targeting the healthcare industry. Healthcare providers must step up their security measures, especially now that care is increasingly provided beyond the walls of a hospital. By Karin Ratchinsky, director of healthcare vertical strategy, Level 3 Communications

  • Caritas Improves Healthcare And Cuts Costs With Mobile Computing
    12/9/2010

    Caritas Home Care has found the formula for improving healthcare quality and cutting costs. By Intermec, Inc.

  • Retained Surgical Sponges: A Black Mark Against Whiteboards
    8/2/2016

    Erasable whiteboards are useful for the classroom, where lessons change and teachers need the ability to erase old notes and write new ones with ease. By Dylan Crotty, vice president and general manager, Stryker Surgical

  • Advanced Analytics Driving Healthcare Transformation
    12/28/2017

    The time has come … Everyone talks about Big Data’s potential to transform healthcare. They understand it’s needed to achieve the Triple Aim: improving patient outcomes, lowering cost of care, and increasing patient engagement. Yet there are very few tangible examples of organizations realizing this potential. One reason is our industry is historically slow to adopt change, even when we know what change needs to happen.

  • Trust-Farming Reality Of Modern Medical Portals
    2/27/2018

    In the digital age, Internet opinion is the benchmark when it comes to choosing competitive services or goods. Medical web portals, complex by nature, have to keep up with the reality, whilst healthcare providers are wondering how to transform medical portals into the platforms for trust-building interaction with current and prospective service consumers.

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