AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities
By Francis Chesley MD – Helping to reduce disparities in health care has long been a pillar of AHRQ’s mission. The Agency continues its commitment to exploring.
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APIs: A Path to Putting Patients at the Center
By Don Rucker MD – I remember when visiting a city required paper maps and often actual guidebooks. Today, I tap on a map app on my phone, enter my destination, and review options for getting from point A to point B.
3 Takeaways for Health Care Providers From Sweden’s Mobile Health Care Units
By Kayla Matthews – Thanks to advances in health care, we’ve living longer than ever before. In North America alone, the average lifespan in 2017 is expected to be 79 for men and 81 for women. With our collective advancing age comes the need for improved health care for the elderly.
Silo-Busting With Agility for Improved Patient Care
New CTO Talk Episode NOW on Demand with host Matt Ferrari. Collaboration in the cloud for improved, individualized cancer care with guests Raj Harapanahalli, Head of the Software Center of Excellence, and Vikram Mohan, Sr. Director of Product Management from Roche Diagnostics.
Effective Security Training Requires Change in Employee Behavior
By Art Gross – Many organizations spend countless hours and resources on training their employees, only to find that their business has suffered a data breach caused by human error.
Three Areas Providers Should Focus on to Maximize Savings and Deliver Quality Care
By Jon Melling – As patient financial responsibility climbs and value-based payment models take root, revenue streams are becoming less predictable for healthcare organizations.
Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?
By David Harlow – Once the federales blocked the health insurance company mega-mergers, it was only a matter of time before alternative approaches to rearranging the three-dimensional chessboard of the healthcare-industrial complex would emerge.
Cellular Connectivity & Healthcare: A New Echelon of Innovation
By Waqaas Al-Siddiq – Today’s technology landscape is defined by the convergence of the Cloud, Big Data, new software platforms, and smart devices. Together, they form a web of connections that determine the amount of data that we collect and the way we use it.
Nothing Comes for Free
By Matt Fisher – Many websites, mobile applications, software solutions and similar solutions are offered for “free.” The services are free from the perspective that there is no cost to acquire or use the service.