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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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Delivering high-quality care may be the number one priority for healthcare providers, but reducing costs is always an imperative. The key to this is finding ways to streamline processes, eliminate inefficiency, increase productivity, and improve decision-making, thereby allowing physicians and staff to spend more time on patient-focused activities.
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    10/31/2019

    As technology continues to permeate the healthcare industry, ensuring that technology partners are compliant with the most current security regulations in order to protect sensitive patient data has become critically importance. With more data in the cloud than ever before, and the imminent threat of a data breach continuously on the rise, it is no surprise just how significant protecting patient data has become. IBM’s 2018 “Cost of a Data Breach” study reports the global average cost of a single data breach is up 6.4 percent from 2017 to $3.86 million. The average cost for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information also increased by 4.8 percent, to $148.

  • How Real-World Data And Real-World Evidence Are Transforming The Healthcare Industry
    8/21/2019

    Data is driving healthcare transformation, with prediction and prevention a central force. Health data is allowing doctors to build better patient profiles and predictive models to more effectively anticipate, diagnose, and treat disease. Technologies such as at-home testing services and telemedicine are empowering patients to be more engaged with and proactive about their own health.

  • SCL Health Gives Time Back To Doctors With Simplified IT Experience
    11/3/2017

    As a $2.5 billion nonprofit healthcare network with 11 hospitals, 210 physician clinics, and home and hospice services throughout Colorado, Kansas and Montana, SCL Health supports more than 20,000 associates, physicians, clinical staff, students, contractors and consultants. This means that at any given moment, there are thousands of people who depend on the SCL Health IT network to access patient records, care for patients using an electronic medical record, and schedule and coordinate appointments. Since 2005, SCL Health has been in a strategic partnership with Citrix to facilitate and streamline its IT processes by simplifying how associates access data and systems so they can ultimately focus more time on patients.

  • 5 Ways That e-Prescribing Benefits Your Practice
    3/1/2012

    Under reform, e-Prescribing is not only mandatory under, it’s beneficial. This article outlines five quick ways that e-Prescribing can bring benefits to your practice. By Matthew J. Hawkins, CEO of Vitera Healthcare Solutions

  • DCH Health System Reduces Costs, Denied Claims, A/R Days And $23.9 Million In Receivables Using CareMedic's eFR
    2/19/2010
    When it was built in 1916, no one imagined the quaint Druid City Ini rmary would eventually be transformed into today’s DCH Health System (DCH), the largest healthcare provider in West Alabama. Serving seven counties through its four locations, community-owned DCH generates approximately $1.5B in annual gross revenue. By CareMedic Systems, Inc.
  • Why The Home Healthcare Industry Is Prime For A Technological Revolution
    11/29/2018

    The healthcare industry conjures up images of doctors, nurses, and clinical staff dashing through hospital corridors. However, there is a whole other subsect of healthcare workers that cater to the outpatient population.

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