As you read this, doctors are on the frontlines fighting a global pandemic. Lives depend on their skills and expertise, but what often gets overlooked is the fact that doctors are still prone to stress. Sure enough, according to a report by Medscape, more than 42% of physicians across various specialties say they are burned out.
Burnout is still a common occurrence among physicians and it's a matter that practitioners and healthcare institutions should take seriously. After all, doctors are
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HITC Staff
CareAsOne Summit 2020 Kicks Off Discussing Healthcare Transformation
This three-day virtual summit hosts over 40 industry experts discussing the challenges and transformation in healthcare.
CareAsOne, a virtual healthcare professional community, officially kicked off its first-ever, global CareAsOne Summit. With Microsoft and AWS as technology partners, the community’s conference joins healthcare experts from all over the world to discuss the most healthcare pressing issues of today and perhaps tomorrow.
Speakers started sharing their wins,
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Can Technology Help Reduce Cases of Hospital Negligence?
For most healthcare professionals, providing care to their patients is mandatory. However, there are times when their desire to give patients the best care possible becomes a necessity for compliance, particularly now that hospital negligence has been a constant stress factor for both professionals and patients.
It is a given that any medical treatment has the potential to go wrong. There is never a perfect process, and healthcare workers are very much aware of this, especially when the
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Innovative Technologies Are the Future of Respiratory Care and Treatment
Breath measuring algorithms, smart inhalers, and wearable analytics are at the forefront of respiratory care technology. Lung cancers, including mesothelioma and asthma, account for 70% of the country’s breathing issues. Technological advancements are making it easier for specialists to diagnose and patients to administer self-care.
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages forward, the advancement of pulmonary technology has gotten a boost. There is no way for the medical field to prepare for the
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Medifirst Solutions Forms Specialty Prescription Billing & Pharmacy Solutions Division
Medifirst Solutions, a provider of innovative laser technology with its FDA 510(k) cleared Infrared Time Machine TTML-8102000 Laser Thermal Therapeutic Device, is pleased to announce that it has launched a new division to the company. Concierge Concepts Rx (CCRx), a new division of Medifirst Solutions, will provide a unique niche billing service to independent pharmacies who are struggling to maintain profitability. Medifirst is pleased to announce that Walter Molokie, RPh has joined the company
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Elliott Management Outlines Concerns With athenahealth’s Lack of Engagement Over Acquisition Bid in Letter
On Tuesday, Elliott Management Corporation (“Elliott”) released a letter to the Board of Directors of athenahealth, Inc. regarding Elliott’s proposal to acquire athenahealth for $160 per share in cash that could worth about $7 billion dollars.The letter outlined Elliott’s concerns with athenahealth’s refusal thus far to engage with any of the parties, including Elliott, that have expressed interest in acquiring athenahealth.“Since that time, we have heard nothing from the Company beyond its
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Mayo Regional Hospital to Implement Cerner Integrated EHR
Mayo Regional Hospital has selected Cerner to implement a new integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle solutions across its acute and ambulatory facilities. This agreement provides the hospital with sophisticated health care technology that will support Mayo doctors, nurses and staff as they work to streamline operations and improve patient care. With Cerner’s Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™ solutions, Mayo clinicians will be able to view clinical and financial data in one
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Microsoft, Adobe and Change Healthcare Forge Alliance to Transform Patient Experience
Today Change Healthcare, Microsoft and Abode have announced a new cross industry collaboration to fundamentally change the patient experience for consumers. An ORC International study concluded healthcare stakeholders are investing heavily in engagement strategies and technologies, but only one-fifth of consumers said their experiences improved, and another fifth said their experiences worsened. Even the most-accessed patient engagement solutions are used by just a third of consumers. This new
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Ascension and Ramsay Health Care Form Global Healthcare Supply Chain Joint Venture
Ascension, the largest private, tax-exempt, nongovernmental health system in the United States, and Ramsay Health Care Limited, one of the top six private hospital operators in the world, are partnering in a new global supply chain joint venture. The new organization will combine the purchasing power of St. Louis-based Ascension, the world’s largest Catholic health system, and Sydney based Ramsay Health Care, which operates more than 230 healthcare facilities in six countries on four
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Highmark Health’s VITAL Innovation Program to Evaluate WellDoc’s BlueStar Mobile App for Type 2 Diabetes
The second largest integrated delivery and financing network in the nation, Highmark Health, today announced that through its VITAL Innovation Program, it will be evaluating WellDoc’s® BlueStar® mobile app, an FDA-cleared, proven digital therapeutic for individuals with type 2 diabetes. VITAL facilitates real-world evaluations of medical innovations through Allegheny Health Network (AHN), its physicians and patients who enroll—producing evidence related to patient experience, as well as
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