By David Hunt – Social isolation is more than an emotional hardship – it can have chronic and quantifiable effects on overall health, especially for older adults. For adults aged 50 and older, social isolation significantly increases their risk of dementia, heart failure, and even premature death.
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By Dan Matthews – Although COVID-19 jumpstarted the digital shift in almost every industry, the transition failed to completely take hold in the field of healthcare. Whether because the healthcare industry had bigger fish to fry or because security concerns ran rampant, some healthcare facilities have yet to make the complete transition to a wireless network.
By Josh Weiner – You might be surprised to learn just how many patients in 2021 are thumbing it. No, they’re not standing on the roadside trying to catch a ride, but rather folks of all ages are thumbing out text messages to interact with their healthcare providers.
By Jiang Li – The collective experience of the 2020 pandemic is driving change across multiple aspects of our daily lives, from remote work to distance learning, and telemedicine. As the world begins to gain perspective on the lasting effects of COVID-19, healthcare is one of the sectors poised for significant change.
By Jordan Bazinsky – One of the biggest frustrations of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unraveling why we still lack the data needed to successfully contain the coronavirus outbreak. Amid testing shortages, especially in the early months of the pandemic, we saw advancements in our ability to predict…
Hospital and health system peers from across the nation gathered for the quarterly CereCore CIO Cohort discussion led by Peyman Zand, Vice President of Advisory Services at CereCore. The topic for the group is a popular one: IT Optimization and the unique challenges it presents in healthcare.
By Robert DiFalco – If there’s one thing patients haven’t missed about the healthcare experience during the pandemic, it’s the waiting room. The widespread use of telehealth–including video calls, asynchronous care, or secure messaging exchanges between providers and patients–has meant fewer trips to the doctor’s office and less time idly looking through magazines in the waiting room.
By Calum Yacoubian MD – The exponential growth in healthcare data in recent years has presented the industry with an ultimatum – adopt effective technologies to harness and make sense of growing mountains of information or get left behind.
By Derek Jones – For the longest time, healthcare facilities had been slow to adopt digital technology. A significant factor in this delay was anxiety regarding costs and privacy risks. This has, however, changed as there is currently a global digital transformation taking over the sector.