Fighting climate change is an all-hands-on-deck mission. Hospitals, which keep us healthy and safe, share the responsibility for keeping the earth healthy and safe. Let’s explore hospitals' environmental footprint, their current efforts to improve, and one solution that could make a real difference.
The Problem: Recognizing Hospitals' Impact on the Environment
“Healthcare organizations can no longer ignore their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions,” reads a
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Tracing Technological Advancements in CKD Treatment and Preventive Care
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) remains a widespread health concern, affecting more than one in seven US adults and posing a substantial burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Fortunately, the convergence of innovative technologies offers promising solutions to address this pressing issue. Such advancements stand to revolutionize how healthcare entities treat, prevent, and better understand this nuanced condition.
Expanding Treatment
Today, CKD patients benefit from an array of
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Insights Management: A New Paradigm for Cancer Treatment
The cancer market for the pharma industry accounts for about a third of their product pipeline. With oncology drug sales set to top $390 billion by 2027, life science companies are aligning efforts to prioritize this critical market opportunity ahead of competitors.
The field of cancer presents unique challenges for the pharmaceutical industry, requiring innovative solutions to address high demand, intense competition, expensive research and development (R&D), complexities in drug
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Rethinking Big Data in 2024: How Healthcare Can Leverage Workforce Intelligence to Improve Care
The future of healthcare innovation over the next decade will be shaped by insights from clinician big data and AI, otherwise known as workforce intelligence. While clinical discovery is often the first thing that comes to mind, workforce data and the intelligence derived from it represent a lesser-known but equally important place in the future of medicine.
How we shape healthcare’s workforce, peer networks, and processes comes down to how we use data to surface meaningful information.
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How Hospitals Can Overcome the Challenges of Diabetes Management
The modern-day hospital is grappling with an alarming trend. According to a new global study, the number of people with diabetes is growing at a troubling rate and is expected to double by 2050. This is generating a national conversation among health system leaders on inpatient glycemic management strategies, and whether their facilities are doing enough. Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of
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How Healthcare Can Take A Consumer-First Cue From Small Business
“Bang Head Here.” This message was printed above a large black circle, push-pinned to a practice’s front desk the day Zocdoc’s user research team visited to better understand their patient engagement challenges. If this is not a representative sign of the state of America’s independent medical practices, I don’t know what is.
I can relate. Throughout nearly a decade of medical training, I spent tens of thousands of hours becoming an expert in things like peak airway
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4 Ways AI Is Enhancing The Patient Experience in 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) captured the imagination of many in 2023. AI gets a lot of attention but little understanding or appreciation of what it can do to move revenue cycle management (RCM) forward, improve the patient experience, and answer the question, “Are you receiving the appropriate reimbursement?”
More than 3 of 5 companies are still experimenting with AI, according to a recent survey by Accenture. Only one in four are innovating or achieving stated objectives) and
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Beyond QA: The Next Wave of Medical Chatbots
Chatbots have come a long way since inception. While we’ve long used them for shopping and to expedite customer service requests, with growing popularity and use cases, they’re now common in fields from finance to healthcare. In particular, medical chatbots can achieve everything from improving the efficiency and quality of care, to quickly connecting patients to important information or providers.
Like most machine learning tools, the more data a medical chatbot is trained on, the
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High-Performance Radiology Monitors: A New Era of Remote Work & Improved Care
Radiology monitors and the radiologists who use them form a critical part of both emergency and preventive healthcare services, and like most modern industry discussions, any need for new radiology equipment inevitably involves questions concerning cost, quality and benefits for radiologists or institutions. However, unlike the mindset that drives innovative room designs or experiments with hybrid employee schedules, purchasing decisions for radiology monitors often come down to simply ordering
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Embracing SDOH Data Monitoring for Transformative Healthcare
Understanding the multifaceted dimensions of patient wellness goes beyond the medical symptoms presented in a clinical setting. In order to maximize positive patient outcomes, healthcare providers must examine and monitor the social factors and life circumstances, or the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), that significantly influence population health. These determinants – encompassing aspects of life such as access to care and technology, food or housing insecurity, core demographics and
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