Why Healthcare Providers Should ‘Prescribe’ the IoT
One of the exciting things about today’s society is seeing advancements in research and technology being applied in so many areas of life. This is particularly true of the intersection between technology and healthcare.
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How Technology Improves the Average Patient Experience
According to research conducted by Stoltenberg Consulting, 42% of over a hundred health IT leaders consider “updating technology to improve the patient experience” as a primary goal in 2019. This isn’t just a result of improving technology but of increasing awareness among consumers. They demand better from the healthcare industry, as they should.
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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Healthcare
At Mt. San Rafael Hospital, our mission to improve patient care. Using data, we can help healthcare professionals make more informed, accurate, and proactive assessments and diagnoses. The ability to analyze data in real time enables us to improve the quality of life for patients and ultimately save lives.
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500 Days…Key Actions in Your New Job
First Days. The typical executive switches jobs 5-7 times during their career. How do you ensure a smooth and successful transition? This five-part series is intended to compliment what others have written over the years with fresh perspective and expanded time horizons. In this post, I will start with recommended actions during an oft-ignored time period:… read more
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Privacy, the Unicorn of Our Digital Age
Daily Dose of Breach Reality I don’t seem to be able to get through a morning’s reading without seeing one or more instance of a data breach; information being either locked up by ransomware or removed/copied by the thousands and sometimes, tens of thousands of records. Having spent a good portion of my career with… read more
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Healthcare Board Risk Concerns
As the business world changes, it’s important for businesses to keep up with the risks associated with doing business so they can achieve their goals and objectives. Not only are these risks substantial, but they can have a profound impact on the overall success of the business, its future opportunities, and the way it is… read more
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The Cost Benefits of Automation in Healthcare
Growing up in Detroit, my early memories of automation and robotics are of the automotive assembly line, where sparks moved in unison with the robotic arms that held cars as they were welded together.
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Securing Medical Devices in the Age of the Internet of Medical Things
Healthcare is rapidly moving to a completely digitized environment, and, as a result, devices have been introduced to the hospital ecosystem and bedside workflows to help extend and streamline care throughout the hospital.
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The Face of IT
For any business, long-term goals are unattainable without leveraging the advantages of information technology. However, IT teams in various organizations often work under shadow of other teams and departments— and hence remain detached from the rest of the team. This creates many problems, the biggest of which is the perception (and hence the use) of… read more
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Healthcare CIOs: 5 Easy Ways to Keep Weeds Out of Your Projects
Years ago, I decided that I needed to make sure my yard looked as good as my neighbor’s. You likely know my neighbor because you probably have one too…the one you drive by and think “how much time do they have on their hands”, or “they must have a real ‘green thumb’ to have a yard that nice.” For whatever reason, whether it was internal guilt, or the comments by my friends about that ’nice yard down the street’, I decided I had to do something.
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