Digital Literacy Skills Needed in Healthcare
July 15, 2021
When people decide to start a career in healthcare, they usually start looking into how they can acquire the necessary medical knowledge and certifications necessary to do their job. What they probably don’t think is, “Well, time to brush up on my computer skills.” This is unfortunate because by…
Personalization Could be the Key to Ending EHR Physician Burnout
November 26, 2019
In healthcare, the right technology implemented the right way can perform miracles towards optimizing patient care. One need just look at remote monitoring tools, medical grade computers, and health tracking wearables for perfect examples of seamless tech integration. The right technology…
Can Non-Surgical Robots Free Up Clinicians for More Important Tasks?
August 6, 2019
Doctors are swamped. Nurses are swamped. Every single healthcare employee is packed to the gills with responsibilities, outrageous hours, and straight-up hard work. With physician shortages being the norm, and the number of insured patients only rising, something has to give. Clinicians are…
The Role Healthcare I.T. Plays in Physician Burnout
July 30, 2019
Doctor burnout is a real phenomenon, one that’s only become more prevalent and more dangerous in recent times. Not only can burnout lead to mistakes that can harm patients, but it can also cause otherwise top-notch physicians to eventually drop the profession altogether, which only furthers the…
4 New Advances in Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry
July 9, 2019
Artificial intelligence is, no surprise, an evolving field of research and programming that is constantly churning out new tools. The healthcare industry is, of course, a perfect use for many of these tools: healthcare is all about trying to find a way to sort through and understand a glut of…
3 Ways to Make Doctors Hate EHR a Little Less
June 20, 2019
We all know the truth: doctors and nurses would rather spend their time, you know, being doctors and nurses instead of crouched in front of dimly-glowing monitors, punching patient information into electronic health record systems. However, the fact remains that EHR can be extremely helpful for…
Fighting the Surprising New Flaws in Medical Cyber Security
May 9, 2019
Unfortunately for HIT professionals everywhere, cybersecurity is never a done deal. It’s not like building a skyscraper or carving a statue — they never get to step away, dust off their hands, and say “here it is!” Not only are hackers and other malefactors always innovating new methods for…
Is Blockchain Right for Healthcare?
January 17, 2019
You may have heard that blockchain is “the next big thing.” And while “next big things” seem to rain from the sky in the tech world, there may be some truth in this particular case. Blockchain came on the scene in 2008, the brainchild of a still-anonymous person or team of people called “Satoshi…
How Technology Prevents HIPAA Violations
January 9, 2019
HIPAA violations are growing in number and cost, and have affected medical facilities of all sizes. While training and vigilance on the part of administrators and staff is a vital component to HIPAA compliance, the right technology can turn an open book into a bank vault. From secure medical grade…
How Medical Computers can Help Combat the Opioid Crisis
December 7, 2018
Prescription opioids have been in the news quite a bit lately. Congress just recently passed sweeping legislation, commonly known as the SUPPORT bill, to help combat the opioid epidemic that has been on the rise the past several years. According to studies done by the National Institute on Drug…
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