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 RTLS Can Enhance the Patient Experience, Staff Safety, and Workflow Operations in 2023
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, VP of Professional Services at CenTrakAlthough the healthcare industry has shown significant resilience, the byproduct of the pandemic has amplified staff stressors across all operational and clinical roles. In a study conducted in 2022, more than one-third (34%) of the participating registered nurses (RN) stated that it was likely they would leave bedside nursing by the end of the year. Almost half (44%) cited both burnout and high-stress environments as their main reasons to retire or pursue other careers. As staff shortages increase, so do workloads. Forty-three percent of the nurses that responded to Hospital IQ’s recent survey…  Several Louisiana hospitals face online tracking lawsuits
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) The class action lawsuits filed by Herman Herman & Katz allege Meta Pixel code potentially analyzed, gathered and shared the sensitive medical data of hundreds of thousands of patients across the LCMC Health Systems and Willis-Knighton Health System networks.WHY IT MATTERS |
 Healthcare and Gen X: 4 Things Marketers Need to Get Right
MedCity News - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) When it comes to healthcare marketing, Generation X once again gets the short end of the attention stick.  Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home.It’s important to understand that home health technologies are leveraged in home health settings by clinicians for home health patients, and at-home or home-based health technologies are diagnostic and/or screening tools that can be used in non-clinical settings for the purpose of understanding overall health conditions. |
 Which Moves Should Providers Watch From Amazon, CVS & Walgreens This Year?
MedCity News - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Primary care has been historically dominated by traditional providers that deliver care via fee-for-service models, but retail companies have been amping up their efforts to disrupt the space in recent years. Over the next decade, it will become increasingly difficult for hospitals and other traditional healthcare providers to ignore these disruptors, according to a recent report from the American Hospital Association.  5 Biggest Healthcare MVP Challenges
The Healthcare Guys - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) The healthcare industry currently faces many challenges, from meeting ever-changing patient demands to dealing with cyberattacks. The demand for efficient and secure IT solutions has never been greater. Healthcare MVPs are becoming increasingly popular as they offer a cost-effective way to bring innovative solutions to the market. However, they come with their own set of challenges to overcome. Healthcare organizations need to develop products that meet the needs of their patients while providing a safe environment. We know that MVP is a great way to start because it gives you the opportunity to validate your idea fast, test the market… |
 HIMSS23 Europe: From Portugal to the World
HIMSS - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Connect with government and industry leaders developing the best digital and sustainable solutions in Portugal at HIMSS23 Europe. The region’s most influential healthcare event opens in Lisbon. Discover how Portuguese healthcare has been able to innovate in digital health, data and value-based care to become a technological and quality benchmark across international markets.Join us at #HIMSS23Europe: https://www.himss.org/event-himss-europe…  CIO Podcast – Episode 49: Frictionless Billing with Joanne Mizell
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) For the 49th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Joanne Mizell, Chief Operating Officer at Banner|Aetna to talk about Frictionless Billing, an initiative to improve the patient billing process. Mizell shares with us some of the financial and revenue pressures that healthcare organizations are facing today and her answer may surprise you. Plus, she shares how being a "payvider" (provider and payer) provides a great opportunity to address problems like the Frictionless Billing effort they rolled out to improve the billing experience for patients. We also ask Mizell how technology has helped and… |
 Singapore’s iHiS taps Google Cloud, Accenture to drive healthcare innovation
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore’s national healthcare technology agency, has collaborated with Google Cloud and Accenture to promote the development of data-driven applications to “deliver more high-quality and digital-first healthcare experiences.”Accenture is helping deploy Apigee, Google Cloud’s API management platform, which will provide third-party developers access to data and services across iHiS’s managed systems to create new applications and capabilities.  Indian healthcare chiefs doubt their cybersecurity capability: report
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) A new survey report in India has gauged the stances of healthcare leaders on their use of technology in an effort to yield operational efficiencies, enhance service delivery, and improve health outcomes. More than 50 respondents, who are mostly chief executives of multi-site hospitals based in metropolitan cities, were polled by Grant Thornton Bharat and the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) in the said report titled “Technology transformation for future-ready healthcare.” |
