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• Open The Digital Front Door To Your Orthopedic Practice

  8/9/2019

  The digital revolution in healthcare has officially begun, with a host of new technologies that make access to care easier for patients leading the way. As the effects of this revolution take foot, specialty care groups—especially orthopedists—are feeling pressure to become more consumer-centric, notably by making their services more accessible. Many orthopedists are hesitant to create that type of ‘open door policy,’ however, and for good reason.

• 6 Telemedicine Predictions For 2020

  12/17/2019

  While house calls might be a thing of the past, telemedicine has bought doctor's appointments back into the patient's living room.

• Electronic Records Management Solves Workflow Inefficiency For Swedish Medical Center

  4/16/2010

  Since 1910, Swedish Medical Center has been a hallmark for excellence in healthcare. With over 70 clinics and four hospital locations, Swedish is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit healthcare provider in the Greater Seattle area. Swedish is not just about facilities, research and new techniques, it’s about people coming together to provide the most compassionate care possible.
• Comparison Is The New Key To Excellence: What Health Plans Can Do Boost Enrollments

  12/6/2019

  After the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, insurers had to cut down on the ‘cherry-picking’ of members and not provide insurance to just low-risk individuals. To some extent, the scope for earning high-profit margins had decreased for health insurance companies. This rule created an imperative for them to look for ways to curb expenses in other ways.

• Data Matrix: The Active Ingredient For Proper Pharmaceutical Tracking

  11/22/2010

  This case study highlights how ACME Drugs uses bar code technology to track and trace pharmaceuticals through the production process. By Datalogic Scanning

• Ways Medtech Can Embrace Healthcare Reform And Ultimately Save Billions Of Dollars

  12/17/2015

  U.S. hospitals and other providers face unprecedented change with reimbursement cuts, pressure to improve quality and outcomes, consolidation, and new pay-for-performance reimbursement models just some of the forces driving it. The pressure for change is impacting many areas of the healthcare system with one area receiving increased attention being the healthcare supply chain. The supply chain has historically suffered from misaligned incentives, opaque data on price and value, outdated purchasing practices and less accountability for managing costs. In fact, in one large survey conducted a few years ago, more than 50 percent of provider supply chain professionals described their own supply chain as immature. As the hospital supply chain matures, suppliers to hospitals need to evolve as well. With all of the change occurring, medical technology suppliers in particular face a choice. Embrace the change and help save billions in healthcare costs or try to survive operating in an evolving market using an old business model. By Dan Bayer, VP and GM Life Sciences, Model N