The disdain for fax in all its forms isn’t new. But at a time when small healthcare organizations struggle to afford an EHR, the question remains: Who are the digital haves to judge the digital have-nots? In the push to accelerate data interoperability, “ax the fax” is a common battle cry. Many healthcare stakeholders view […]
Health systems have a front-row seat when it comes to identifying the issues that matter most in healthcare and developing real-world solutions, not just theoretical approaches. “You could literally sit at a nursing station and within five days pick up pretty meaningful insights around what needs to be done,” Chris Waugh, vice president, chief design […]
As we continue to put more and more of our very sensitive healthcare data into the digital space, our cybersecurity becomes all that more important. This importance has been a hot topic recently due to the Change Healthcare outage. While I’m sure this event caused a lot of organizations to check in on and strengthen […]
In the aftermath of the recent cyberattack on a major health care system, most headlines have focused on the operational disruptions stemming from the data breach, which triggered nationwide delays in processing payment claims. As crippling as these financial and operational ripples have been for providers, the underlying issue that demands attention is the resulting […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, and with so much hype around it, healthcare organizations are rightfully cautious about deploying AI solutions. Although promising in its ability to transform healthcare through more efficient and accurate data capture and management, there is still much that we as an industry and society need to understand before scaling its […]
