Article Archive for June 2021
Factors That Matter
With significant medical advances and greater access to healthcare, many diseases are being diagnosed earlier and managed better. However, heart disease still remains the leading cause of death globally. While this is cause for concern …
Caregiver Burnout is a Real Concern
There has been much suffering over the past year with COVID-19, but it wasn’t just the patients. Caregivers and physician health has become a major concern as the pandemic continues. Medical Economics brought this interesting …
Digital Transformation
Modern electronic health records (EHRs) are integrated into every level of patient care and represent years of innovation and improvement to pull providers out from under the burden of paperwork. This interesting topic came to us …
Access to Data
Interoperability has never been more important, to patients and to doctors. This information came to us from Hospice News in their article, “Physicians Likely to Switch Hospice Partners for Greater Tech Interoperability.”
A rising number of …
Healthcare Data is Key
Data has always been valuable, but with the overwhelming amount now available to healthcare organizations, it has never been more crucial for hospitals and health systems to use a cohesive data analytics solution to make …
Post-Pandemic Demand for Telehealth
Telehealth usage exploded early in the pandemic, but has it slowed down or did patients recognize the convenience and continued safety that telehealth allowed them? Healthcare IT News brought this to our attention in their …
Fighting Medical Errors with Technology
Medical errors harm 1.5 million people and cost $3.5 billion every year, according to The Institute of Medicine (IOM). Shockingly, or maybe not, their report claims that medical errors are not due to incompetent people, but rather …
Wellness and Distress in Healthcare
Physician burnout was a serious crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Moral distress and ethical challenges may be more frequent and impactful in medical care than previously realized and bioethical training has a greater need …
Healthcare Technology Transformation
The last year has seen incredible transformation in the healthcare industry and technology played a central role. Technology has also been rapidly adopted to help maintain services while minimizing the risk of infection. As societies …
Technology Might Not Be the Source for Burnout
For quite a while now physician burnout has been blamed on technology, specifically the challenges with electronic health record (EHR) technology. But is that true? EHR Intelligence brought this subject to our attention in their …
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