By David Burda – Everyone knows what’s wrong with healthcare. Well-honed business practices by incumbent industry sectors and organizations make care less affordable, less accessible and less safe for patients because maintaining the status quo enriches incumbent industry sectors, organizations and their executives.
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The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of July that we think deserve sharing again.
By Meredith Calloway – Take a scroll through your smartphone’s app store, and you’ll find a wide array of applications on everything from fitness and nutrition tracking to fitness coaching and physiological monitoring available for download.
By Paulo Pinho MD – Since the COVID-19 pandemic, enhanced interconnectedness and collaboration among healthcare stakeholders, such as providers, labs, hospitals, pharmacies, and registries, have become standard in delivering maximum benefits for the larger population.
By George Dealy – Hospitals are complex organizations, where seamless coordination among departments is essential for delivering top-tier patient care. However, when any department falls short of its potential, the ripple effects can disrupt the entire organization.
By Wes Barker – New data for clinicians reporting for Promoting Interoperability in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and their use of certified health IT are now available. These represent an update to the data published through 2016 and representative of eligible professionals who participated in “Meaningful Use.”
By Gil Bashe – There are plenty of reasons to fear ChatGPT and augmented intelligence (AI) — not so much today — but its potential to compete with human creativity in the future. Many justify its value. Others explain its dangers. This is a double-edged sword conversation — both points of view have merit.
By Emily Newton – Today’s world revolves around data. Hospitals are no exception, especially as they embrace digitalization to raise care standards and become more efficient. Amid this shift, having a formal data center strategy in health care is all the more crucial.
By Bob Jeffcott – Driven by President Biden’s Customer Experience Executive Order and the President’s Management Agenda, 2023 is the year where agencies are embracing new ways to better meet citizen and constituent needs.