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• A New Approach To Threat Detection Helps Get Ahead Of Cyberattackers

  11/3/2016

  Cyberattacks in the healthcare industry represent an enormous social, governmental and operational challenge, with potential financial, privacy and reputational costs that can be massive. The consequences and costs can be extensive and can impact patients, healthcare providers, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers and government entities.

• Closing 3 Common Gaps in the Patient Experience

  12/17/2019

  Managing data is key to actionable insight that fills the gaps and improves outcomes.

• A Case for Interoperability In Healthcare: Reduce Information Management Labor

  12/22/2014

  Today’s hospitals are filled with white-faced, exhausted, and worried men and women, which doesn’t inspire confidence for those who depend on them for care. Indeed, the workloads of nursing staff and physicians puts them at risk of becoming patients, rather than care providers, every day they set foot in the wards and consulting rooms. Severe staff shortages, budget cuts and a system stretched thin by efforts to reform, all take their toll on the population of medical professionals. By Konstantinos Klitsas, president, Talent Advisors, LLC

• The 4 As Of IoT: A Four-Step Approach To Integrate IoT

  8/28/2017

  The Internet of Things (IoT) is widely heralded as the next big thing. The trend to connect everything to the internet is accelerating unabated with opportunities and implications for every industry — and healthcare is no exception. By Nick Vennaro, co-founder, Capto

• 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.
• Keys To Building A Fortified Staffing Process Ahead Of The Nurse Retirement Surge

  12/18/2015

  AMN Healthcare recently released its 2015 Survey of Registered Nurses. This research included input from nearly 9,000 RNs on topics ranging from retirement, education, and emerging roles. A number of the findings struck me, the following two especially:

  • 62 percent of RNs over 54 are thinking about retirement and most say they plan to retire within three years
  • RNs love their career choice, but have mixed feelings about their job, citing not having adequate time with their patients, feeling their job negatively affects their health, and so on

  That leaves us with the most experienced nurses nearing retirement and the majority of remaining nurses not feeling overjoyed with their jobs, although they love nursing. This points to an overwhelming need to improve conditions for care staff. Typically, the top dissatisfier for staff are staffing/scheduling issues, e.g., being short, having to float, having shifts cancelled, and being recruited constantly to pick up additional shifts. One of the solutions to this critical concern is a combination of technology and workforce strategies that can provide more certainty with staffing, greater work-life balance, and increased time with patients. By Chris Fox, president, Avantas