VR in Medical Training: A Win or A Whim?
By Inga Shugalo – AR and VR are steadily paving their way in the most conservative fields of activity – finance, manufacturing, and even healthcare have become devoted users of these technologies.
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Enabling Interoperability in a Consolidating Healthcare Industry
By George Pappas – Over the past two decades, we’ve witnessed growing consolidation in the healthcare industry which resulted from individual hospitals and practices being purchased and combined into larger health systems and integrated delivery networks (IDN).
Building a Pandemic Insight Engine
By Gerry Miller – The fragmented nature of health care and public health within the U.S hasn’t helped pandemic response. With the winter season now approaching, things just got worse. Combatting a new and highly contagious disease presents a wide range of challenging problems. But in many ways, our tools only exacerbate the issue.
Partnering on Core Systems Can Increase Innovation and Profitability
By Zachary Fox – Things have changed since the frenzy of EHR adoption in the years following passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act over 10 years ago. The once greenfield opportunities with first-time EHR buyers is now a crowded “rip and replace” market.
The 4th Realm of Health
By Jenifer Leaf Jaeger MD MPH – Communities across the United States are looking for better ways to manage mental and behavioral health disorders, with the recognition that Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are inextricably linked with an individual’s mental health status.
Blockchain is Back: COVID-19 Highlights Healthcare Use Cases
By Brett Furst – Once a victim of Gartner’s infamous “hype cycle,” blockchain technology has begun to demonstrate its value in healthcare as a handful of important use cases have become apparent in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Role of Innovation And Technology In Primary Care’s Post-COVID Future
By Dr. Jonathan Yoder – We all know – many of us too well – that healthcare is notoriously slow to change. While some areas move faster than others when it comes to innovation, there are those that have remained quite stagnant, like primary care.
8 Key Components of a Digital Front Door
By Leani Drapiza – The future of healthcare is already here, and it starts with a digital front door. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, patients wanted from their healthcare providers the same digital experience Amazon provides for shopping and Netflix provides for entertainment.
4 Ways Pharma-Robots Could Change Health Care
By Devin Partida – Robotic machines are becoming more common in numerous industries. Here are four thought-provoking ways that robotics in pharmaceuticals could improve that segment of the medical sector: