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• 4 Ways AI Is The Future Of Hospitals

  Hospitals are often caught in a tug-of-war choosing between time-tested methods and the razor’s edge of new research when it comes to adopting new treatments, processes, and technology. Venturing into the uncharted waters of advanced technologies and innovative techniques can be unsettling, but the payoff for hospital systems and patients can lead to improved patient experience, quality, and outcomes.

• Improving Patient Outcomes & Driving Revenue In An Era Of Value-Based Care

  11/29/2021

  Healthcare costs per capita in the United States are increasing at an alarming rate. Overall spending reached $3.8 trillion in 2019. Between $760-$935 billion of the overall cost of healthcare is attributed to waste, overtreatment, low-value care, and failure of care coordination.

• Changed For The Better: A Shared Digital Communication Solution

  8/31/2021

  Fortunately for humans, we’re masters at adaptation. Whether it’s encountering different climates, environments, cultures, or even pandemics, homo sapiens have a knack for being able to deal with just about anything that Mother Nature throws at us. Though cultural anthropology dubs this ability to acclimate “biological plasticity,” actor Clint Eastwood, as a Marine in a 1980s war film, puts it more succinctly: “You adapt. You overcome. You improvise.”

• Consumer-Oriented Patients Expect A Better Technology Experience

  7/28/2021

  Feeling much like an Olympic gymnast’s acrobatic routine, patients’ healthcare experience over the past 18 months has endured a dizzying series of twists, turns, and somersaults—albeit without the benefit of Dramamine. Patients found themselves caught up in COVID-induced disruptions and often didn’t know if or when they could safely access care. Thankfully now, things are returning to some semblance of normalcy as the vaccine proliferates and cases plunge.

• Changing Patient Communications Preferences And The Race For Providers To Adapt
• Keeping Patients Top Of Mind: Connected, Informed, And Educated
• Making Strides Toward Greater Success In Virtual Care
• Bridging The Digital Divide: Virtual Care Accessibility Options For Everyone
• Eye-Tracking In Healthcare: Medical Diagnostics, Health Equity, And The COVID-19 Response
• COVID-19 Communications: Meeting Patients Where They Are

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

• Is Big Data Fueling Breaches?

  Data breaches continue to dominate healthcare headlines, leading one to wonder if the unprecedented growth of Big Data is to blame? Health Data Consortium CEO Chris Boone shares his thoughts on this subject and more.

• The Problem With Consumerism In Healthcare
• Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?
• The ONC's Olive Branch
• The Future Of Healthcare Depends On Price Transparency
• HIMSS15 Provides Both Clarity & Confusion
• Health Providers Need To Get With The Times