- Nuance Communications has expanded Clinical Guidance for Dragon Medical Advisor (DMA), an AI-powered documentation service accessible through Dragon Medical One, a voice assistant tool trusted by more than 500,000 clinicians worldwide and 90 percent of U.S. hospitals.- This expansion addresses the causes of burnout head-on by saving time and alleviating the administrative burden placed on physicians. - DMA enables doctors to focus on what they do best – care for patients – rather than fill out
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InterSystems Normalizes Healthcare Data for Analytics with Clean Data Service Offering
- Intersystem unveils its newest offering, Clean Data as a Solution at InterSystems Global Summit 2019, the company’s annual conference held in Boston.- A clean data set means there are no duplicate records, formatting errors, incorrect information, or mismatched terminology.- Clean Data as a Solution ingests, cleans, and normalizes healthcare data for use in analytics and machine learning applications.InterSystems, a provider of information technology platforms for health, business, and
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HP Rolls Out Expanded Healthcare Portfolio to Address Patient Safety, Care Coordination, Data Security
- HP expands its healthcare portfolio of end-to-end print and PC products to address patient safety, care coordination, clinical efficiency, and security.
- HP’s new innovations assist with three critical areas of patient safety: Health-care associated infections, electromagnetic interference, and patient identification.
- HP Healthcare Edition MFPs also include the Biscom for Healthcare app, which is completely integrated with the Epic and Cerner EHR platform.
Today at the
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Emory Healthcare Breaks Ground on New Innovative Musculoskeletal Institute
- Emory Healthcare breaks ground on the new Emory Musculoskeletal Institute to provide innovative orthopedics and spine care, physical therapy, imaging, ambulatory surgery, with clinical and discovery research support space.
- The Institute is the newest addition to Emory’s Executive Park health innovation district located in Brookhaven, GA.
Emory Healthcare has announced the groundbreaking of the new Emory Musculoskeletal Institute, located in Brookhaven, Georgia, to continue its
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Medical Errors: 5 Ways to Combat Mistakes Made by Clinicians
Human error at healthcare organizations is often associated with physicians unintentionally harming patients. While this scenario is common and serious, it’s not the only form of human error that takes place. Human error also happens in administrative roles. And sometimes, the mistakes can be just as damaging as those made in a clinical setting.
In order to improve patient care, healthcare organizations must root out human error in all its forms, whether it takes place on the
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MEDITECH EHR Adds Support for Health Records on iPhone for Consumers
- MEDITECH announced Health Records on iPhone is now available to consumers enrolled in MEDITECH’s Patient Portal. - The Health app makes it easier for users to visualize and securely store their health records.Enterprise Health Record (EHR) provider MEDITECH announced it now supports Health Records on iPhone, which brings together hospitals, clinics, and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for consumers to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they
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Banner Health Launches Real-Time Online Scheduling for Consumers
- Banner Health is now offering consumers the ability to self-schedule appointments online with Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers.- With more than 10,000 comprehensive provider profiles searchable on the Banner Health website via the KyruusOne platform, Banner Health’s patients now have greater autonomy and flexibility in making their care decisions.Banner Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the US announced, has begun offering online scheduling for consumers through Kyruus
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McKesson to Offer Augmedix EHR Charting Services to Specialty Practices
- McKesson will offer Augmedix EHR charting services to its specialty practices with a mission for providers to spend less time on data entry and more time on patient care.
- McKesson previously deployed Augmedix into six practices across the country in The US Oncology Network (The Network).
- The expansion builds on the success of the initial deployments, more practices have since engaged Augmedix. To address the growing demand, McKesson is expanding its reach and extending the
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Rite Aid Integrates NarxCare Analytics With Pharmacist’s Workflow Across 12 States
- Rite Aid integrates NarxCare, created by Appriss Health to help Rite Aid pharmacists more efficiently and effectively identify and manage patients at risk for controlled substance misuse and abuse. - NarxCare utilizes, analyzes, and presents information from State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) to enable pharmacists to more efficiently and effectively identify and manage patients at risk for Controlled Substance Misuse and Abuse.Rite Aid today announced a partnership with Appriss
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Northwell, Allscripts to Co-Create Voice-Enabled, AI-Driven EHR Platform
- Allscripts and Northwell inks agreement to jointly develop and pilot a new cloud-based, voice-enabled, AI-driven EHR platform. - The next-gen EHR platform will optimize the user experience and enhance the delivery of care to improve the experience for both clinicians and patients alike.Northwell, the largest health system in the New York state, today announced an agreement with Allscripts to create a cloud-based, voice-enabled, and artificial intelligence (AI) driven electronic health record
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