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How to Weather the Storm When Disaster Hits Home
With hurricane season approaching and myriad other potential threats looming, health systems and hospitals need to be prepared for the worst.
Learn moreOrganizing for Health Innovation – A Brief Guide for Health IT Leaders
How do health IT leaders align, organize and act to ensure we are positively contributing to our organizations’ competitive edge?
Learn moreRole of IT in Digital
The term digital is in its full glory and suspect it will remain there for the next several years. While it took me some time to warm to the term, I am learning how to leverage. Digital provides a common taxonomy that brings technology and the business closer together to create value. If for no other reason than this, I am fast becoming a digital evangelist.
Learn moreHard Facts About Soft Skills
With intimate knowledge of the inner workings of technology consulting teams, there’s no arguing that hard skills are required for the job. From intensive bootcamps and hands-on application training to securing a range of competency certifications, there’s a lot of pressure on healthcare IT consultants to acquire hard skills for career advancement.
Learn moreWhy Healthcare Providers Should ‘Prescribe’ the IoT
One of the exciting things about today’s society is seeing advancements in research and technology being applied in so many areas of life. This is particularly true of the intersection between technology and healthcare.
Learn moreHow Technology Improves the Average Patient Experience
According to research conducted by Stoltenberg Consulting, 42% of over a hundred health IT leaders consider “updating technology to improve the patient experience” as a primary goal in 2019. This isn’t just a result of improving technology but of increasing awareness among consumers. They demand better from the healthcare industry, as they should.
Learn moreHow Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Healthcare
At Mt. San Rafael Hospital, our mission to improve patient care. Using data, we can help healthcare professionals make more informed, accurate, and proactive assessments and diagnoses. The ability to analyze data in real time enables us to improve the quality of life for patients and ultimately save lives.
Learn more500 Days…Key Actions in Your New Job
First Days. The typical executive switches jobs 5-7 times during their career. How do you ensure a smooth and successful transition? This five-part series is intended to compliment what others have written over the years with fresh perspective and expanded time horizons. In this post, I will start with recommended actions during an oft-ignored time period:… read more
Learn morePrivacy, the Unicorn of Our Digital Age
Daily Dose of Breach Reality I don’t seem to be able to get through a morning’s reading without seeing one or more instance of a data breach; information being either locked up by ransomware or removed/copied by the thousands and sometimes, tens of thousands of records. Having spent a good portion of my career with… read more
Learn moreHealthcare Board Risk Concerns
As the business world changes, it’s important for businesses to keep up with the risks associated with doing business so they can achieve their goals and objectives. Not only are these risks substantial, but they can have a profound impact on the overall success of the business, its future opportunities, and the way it is… read more
Learn moreThe Cost Benefits of Automation in Healthcare
Growing up in Detroit, my early memories of automation and robotics are of the automotive assembly line, where sparks moved in unison with the robotic arms that held cars as they were welded together.
Learn moreSecuring Medical Devices in the Age of the Internet of Medical Things
Healthcare is rapidly moving to a completely digitized environment, and, as a result, devices have been introduced to the hospital ecosystem and bedside workflows to help extend and streamline care throughout the hospital.
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