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• 3 Steps To Restoring Provider Passion

  11/20/2017

  For those of us who entered the practice of medicine to help others, it can be incredibly disheartening when you realize you’re becoming burned out by the regulations, rules and technical challenges that keep you from focusing on what matters most: your patients. By Dr. Tom Schwieterman, vice president, Clinical Affairs and CMO, Midmark Corporation

• New Mexico Hospital Battles Addiction With Health Information Technology Apps

  6/15/2018

  For many years Northwest New Mexico’s Gallup ranked number one nationally in the number of alcohol-related deaths. This reputation also killed many residents’ spirits, contributing to addiction, joblessness and homelessness, further highlighting the need for behavioral health care in this region. Native American youth have the highest rates of alcoholism of any racial group in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health.

• Tackling The Mental Health Epidemic With Telehealth

  11/21/2018

  One in five Americans suffers from mental illness, yet only 44 percent receive treatment. Why? People with behavioral health problems face a growing number of obstacles that prevent them from receiving the care they need – from provider shortages to finances the mere unwillingness to seek treatment due to stigma. With telehealth, primary care physicians – nearly half of which treat mental health conditions – now have another viable option: online cognitive behavioral therapy, or iCBT. In fact, 75 percent of healthcare executives believe telemedicine has the potential to transform the standard of care for behavioral health and psychiatry.

• Apple's New EHR Move Puts Security Onus On Patients

  3/30/2018

  The debate between accessibility and data privacy is not a new discussion, especially as technology continues to advance and develop. Since medical records were first digitized and the first EHR system was developed, the health care sector has had to manage and respond to issues facing health care coverage, privacy and security.

• Unhealthy Rise In Healthcare Fraud: 5 Tips For Protecting Patient Privacy

  3/21/2016

  Fraud is a serious and growing problem for all sectors, but healthcare is taking a bigger hit than most. According to one study, while other industries suffered average losses of 5.6 percent in 2015, in healthcare the losses were 6.1 percent — an almost 30 percent rise since 2007. This trend is predicted to continue with IDC Health Insights predicting one in three health records will be breached in 2016.

• Handling Unexpected Growth With The RICOH Pro C900

  12/10/2009

  The RICOH Pro C900 was engineered to not only be easy to operate, but also for extremely low maintenance to maximize machine uptime. By Ricoh Corporation