Article Archive for July 2021
Burnout and Technology
As the quantity of medical information physicians need to access continues to grow and patient visit time continues to shrink, more and more healthcare providers rely on mobile devices and apps to quickly and efficiently …
Clinical and Social Factors
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 …
Machine Learning in Healthcare
Machine learning applications have the potential to transform business strategy in a significant way. They are showing up in obvious and not so obvious platforms and applications, including healthcare. Information Age brought this interesting topic …
Access to Medical Records
Medical histories have largely been digitized over the past two decades as hospitals and physician’s offices moved from paper-based to electronic health record (EHR) systems. This has affected the accessibility of patient records to the patients …
AI and Cyber Concerns
Cyber crime is not new. It has been prevalent in the financial industry for years, and over the past decade, hackers have shifted their focus towards the healthcare industry. This interesting topic came from CPO …
Can’t Run Away From Burnout
It is estimated that one in every three doctors experiences burnout at any given time, more than double the rate of the general population. As physician burnout reaches epidemic levels, concerns are growing within the medical community …
Cybersecurity in Insurance Industry
Facing growing risks from cybersecurity threats, the health insurance industry in the United States is beefing up the security. This news came to us from Fitch Ratings in their article, “Cyber Theft of Customer Data …
EHR Challenges
A study at two urgent care clinics found that adopting a new electronic health record (EHR) system doubled the amount of cognitive effort health care workers expended to perform their work during the first six …
Digital and Healthcare
Healthcare organizations have had to manage the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic more than any other type of business. And it isn’t over. Business Insider brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, …
Medical Research Post COVID-19
Medical researchers are beginning to shift their focus away from COVID-19, but that won’t stop the pandemic affecting studies focused on other diseases. Nature brought this topic to our attention in their article, “The COVID …
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