90% of physicians at BYOD supporting hospitals participate in the program, according to recent survey of more than 300 U.S. healthcare professionals conducted by Spok. The annual survey accesses mobile workflow enablement trends in hospitals; specifically bring your own device (BYOD) policies, communications infrastructure, and opportunities to improve mobile communications.The survey, The State of Mobile Communications in Healthcare, reveals that hospitals are making progress in addressing the
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5 Best Practices for Establishing a Unified Mobile Clinical Communications Strategy
Doc Halo’s CIO Jon Jansen explains why it’s time health organizations establish clear lines of communication.Thanks to the myriad of emerging devices and apps, it has never been easier for clinicians to communicate, so why is there still so much disconnect in healthcare delivery? Maybe it’s because not all tech is created equal—and while variety is the spice of life—it turns out that using too many communication tools is a recipe for disaster when it comes to productivity.According to a Ponemon
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Healthy Interactions Inks 10-Year Agreement with MedCurrent to Implement Clinical Decision Support Solutions
Healthy Interactions, LP has inked a ten-year license agreement with MedCurrent Corporation to provide Clinical Decision Support (CDS) solutions to manage chronic conditions, starting with diabetes. Healthy Interactions programs uniquely integrate in-person sessions with a complimentary digital engagement platform.The Healthy Interactions Integrated CDS Platform connects into EHR systems to seamlessly capture relevant patient data and provide real-time, evidence-based decision support to
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Cerner, Fusionetics Integrate Assessment Programming With HealtheAthlete Platform
Cerner and Fusionetics, a provider of evidence-based performance health care solutions has announced a partnership to integrate Fusionetics assessment programming with Cerner's HealtheAthlete. The collaboration provides sports organizations and athletes access to Fusionetics benchmarking and analytics data, as well as customized treatment and training programs through the HealtheAthlete solution.HealtheAthlete is a web-based platform designed to provide in-depth management of athletes' health
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Healthcare IT Pricing: Can A Commoditized Future Drive Down Costs?
Shopping for a laptop can be an extensive research project where the prospective buyer compares prices based on a host of features: Processor speed, monitor resolution, video card quality, etc.And when you go looking for a surge protector, do you engage in similar due diligence? Probably not. The differences between the various products are generally so minimal that price is the primary concern. The same is largely true for storage devices, monitors, random-access memory (RAM) and other products
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How Predictive Analytics Brings a Moneyball Approach to Improve Healthcare Financial Performance
Editor's Note: Paul Bradley, PhD, is the Chief Data Scientist at ZirMed, a company empowering healthcare organizations to optimize revenue and population health with an end-to-end platform of cloud-based financial and clinical performance management solutions. Predictive analytics – using data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data – has become a staple of many industries.Brick-and-mortar retailers use it to
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MedConcepts Integrates with Revenue Cycle Startup MedPilot to Improve Patient Financial Experience
MedConcepts, a patient services company, and revenue cycle startup MedPilot have completed an integration partnership to provide superior patient solutions to healthcare providers, RCM companies, and Practice Management Systems. The integration partnership will help expand MedConcepts' robust service offerings, while MedPilot is able to gain nationwide traction.The partnership began when MedConcepts and MedPilot took on a joint client with CarePoint Health. MedConcepts' patient services use
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Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center Launches Initiative to Improve & Personalize BRCA Mutations
Cancer experts at the Basser Center for BRCA in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have announced a new collaboration with Tempus to improve and personalize treatment for patients with heritable BRCA mutations. Tempus, a technology company focused on helping doctors personalize cancer treatment will analyze the molecular and clinical data of patients who were treated at the Basser Center and harbor a BRCA mutation using machine learning and advanced
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7 Trends Impacting The Era of Disruption in the EMR Market
For a decade, the now $28 billion-dollar electronic medical records (EMR) market was on a predictable trajectory with twenty large competitors and hundreds of smaller entrants offering needed software and related services. According to a new market report, Kalorama Information says the EMR market is currently witnessing fundamental changes that will determine how much it grows in the future and who earns the revenue. In addition to customer dissatisfaction, policy retreats and new product
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Surgical Information Systems Acquires Ambulatory Surgery Center Software SourceMed
Surgical Information Systems ("SIS"), a provider of perioperative information systems has acquired SourceMed, a provider of ambulatory surgery center (ASC) software and services. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.SourceMed develops ASC business and clinical management solutions AdvantX®, Vision™, and SurgiSource®, and offers ASC advisory and revenue cycle services.For SIS, the addition of SourceMed solutions will help strengthen the company’s offering to meet the needs of
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