The Opioid Overdose Crisis: Can Technology Be the Solution?
May 9, 2023
Remember the War on Drugs declared back in 1971? It has never ended. Instead, new drugs have emerged and, with them, new forms of abuse. Technologies like medical computers, which already have been in use, continue to play major roles. Originally used to simply house medical data, both the public…
How Medical Computers Improve Public Health Informatics
July 20, 2021
A year and a half ago, most people could be forgiven for not understanding the importance of data analysis in public health. But now, two summers into a global pandemic that we are just beginning to get a handle on, the role of data in public health has never been more at the forefront of public…
How AI Helps Healthcare Improve Post-Facility Care
January 21, 2021
Healthcare for any given person isn’t something that ends as soon as they leave the hospital. Bar certain conditions and emergencies, illnesses are things that a patient will need to manage and care not to exacerbate even after they receive proper treatment from a professional. Whether this need…
Eliminating Friction for an Easier Vaccination Program
January 14, 2021
With COVID-19 vaccines finally released, healthcare is now slowly shifting to the mindset of how best to administer doses to frontline workers and those at highest risk. Normally, this wouldn’t be AS big a shock to our health system as we’re seeing now, however, there are new variables to consider.…
The Vaccine Supply Chain: Why Healthcare Cybersecurity Has Never Been More Important
December 17, 2020
As vaccines finally start entering syringes and patients in the UK, the world awaits with baited breath the return of more normal times. Of course, we’re all aware that the vaccine supply chain, though hard working as it may be, won’t be capable of blasting out the millions of doses needed to…
What Are the New 21st Century Cures Act Interoperability and Information Blocking Laws?
December 1, 2020
Healthcare has recently been rife with policy changes and a “status quo” that has been anything but. And as we try to backwards engineer a new form of healthcare that can meet today’s pandemic-conscious patient’s needs, we’ve seen all manner of new policies ranging from the shutdown of elective…
How Medical Technology is Being Used to Improve Contact Tracing
September 17, 2020
Contact tracing has been “in vogue” for quite some time now thanks to COVID-19’s unparalleled impacts on both the healthcare industry and the public’s consciousness of infection. And, like many other medical procedures and processes during this age of remote care, contact tracing can be conducted a…
How Pharmaceutical Technology is Transforming the Drug Development Process
September 3, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic has surely rocked the world and surprised many, what has remained even more surprising is the speed with which vaccine and pharmaceutical technology companies have mobilized in order to develop an effective means of treatment. In most, if not all, cases, developing a…
How can Rural Telehealth Keep up With the Telehealth Boom?
August 20, 2020
The word “pivot” or “shift” doesn’t quite get across just how quickly healthcare was able to implement telehealth solutions after observing the shocking effects of COVID-19 on how care was administered. Several facilities truly stepped up to the plate and quickly adopted new strategies or adapted…
Building a Digital Front Door Healthcare Strategy: Where to Start and Why
July 16, 2020
2020 has shown many in healthcare that the status quo between provider and patient has been irrevocably altered. The rise in chronic illness cases, the increase in the Baby Boomer population, and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed many organizations to rethink patient care. New challenges on the…
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