By Matt Fisher – Imagine this scenario: an individual is suffering from substance use disorder and decides to seek help. A big reason for not getting treatment is reportedly not knowing how or where to get treatment, not being able to afford the treatment, and/or not finding a program or clinician where they wanted to be able to go.
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By Amy Johnson – For pharmaceutical manufacturers and life sciences organizations, ensuring patients use medications as intended is central to outcomes, safety, and adherence. But when EHR prescribing workflows introduce ambiguity, especially with patient instructions, those goals become harder to achieve.
By Stephen Vaccaro – Offering a solution to the disconnected systems holding Home Care back. Enabled by technology, the industry has streamlined everything from the delivery of test results to treatment timelines, meeting patient needs with unprecedented speed. Industry professionals are continuously seeking ways to deliver care as effectively as possible.
By Kent Dicks – Over the past decade, health systems have embraced the call to digitize. Telehealth has surged. Digital health apps are everywhere, and wearable devices now track everything from heart rates to glucose levels to sleep patterns and dreams or whether you snore. But with every new innovation comes another login, another workflow, and another layer added to an already overburdened system.
By Bernard J. Wolfson – Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people, warn analysts, patient advocates, and Democratic political leaders.
By Percival Kane, Jr., MHA & Iain Jewitt – As the healthcare landscape rapidly evolves, digital transformation is often seen through the lens of clinical systems, telemedicine, or data interoperability. Yet, one critical factor is often overlooked: the experience of physically navigating hospital environments.
By Devin Partida – Healthcare IT and accounting work hand in hand to provide patients with safe and affordable virtual services. Maintaining secure environments protects customer data and increases trust, encouraging people to return for more services when needed.
By Ellie Gabel – The rapid digitization of healthcare has ushered in a new era of connectivity and efficiency, led by the rise of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). This vast network of connected medical devices — from infusion pumps and patient monitors to smart imaging systems — forms the digital backbone of modern hospitals and laboratories.
By Zac Amos – Healthcare IT leaders already understand that attackers have them in their sights, but the gulf between knowing and acting remains wide. Penetration testing — or pen testing — closes that gap by providing proof of how systems can be breached and data exfiltrated.