The quarterly Pulse e-zine delves into a range of issues affecting hospitals, doctors, payers, policymakers and other industry stakeholders. Explore the hottest topics that impact IT decision makers today and gain knowledge from peers through snapshots of trends, SearchHealthIT industry research and our on-location conference coverage.
The issue takes a deeper look into how cloud services are changing the way healthcare functions. Topics include weighing healthcare cloud options, questions to ask before deploying cloud storage, how private or hybrid cloud storage can improve care and much more.
Building wireless networks for use in the healthcare field can be challenging, especially in light of HIPAA privacy and security concerns. In these classroom lessons, learn how to overcome the challenges of building these networks, and hear from one hospital that has focused on making mobile technology integration part of its long-term strategy.
With numerous challenges providing 24×7 board-certified intensivist care in hospitals, many leaders are turning to telemedicine for support. While several technologies are available to connect providers with patients, there are few clinical solutions.
Unfortunately, many anesthesia programs cause friction and inefficiencies. Properly designed care teams alleviate anesthesia program obstacles and create a collaborative environment that promotes surgeon satisfaction, positive patient experiences, and OR throughput.
Many hospitals look to grow by adding new specialities and increasing high-acuity case volumeA local hospial with 33 ICU beds struggled to manage its performance and throughput with complex cases. Transfers out were commonplace, and transfers in were virtually nonexistent.
A recent IDC study* found that by 2023, 70% of healthcare organizations' attempts to scale value-based care models will fail unless they invest in data-driven governance, operations, and organizational infrastructure.
Disasters, whether human-made or natural are unavoidable, so planning for them is critical to ensuring delivery of care and services, regardless of the situation. Most organizations are more aware of and planning for high-profile data breaches and ransomware but many are not prepared for the most common types of disasters and human errors.
In the current economic environment it's become vitally important for organizations selling into healthcare to focus on the key sales and marketing activities that will drive results. In order to do that you need to know you're working with the best healthcare commercial intelligence possible.
