“In healthcare, a lapse in communication between providers can have significant repercussions. For one, hospital system miscommunication is costly. Journal of Healthcare Management published a study finding U.S. hospitals waste $12 billion annually on communications inefficiencies. Poor clinician communication can… Read more
“The cloud is crucial to many initiatives in healthcare, including value-based care, big data and patient engagement. CIOs recognize the importance of cloud computing and embrace it. Healthcare has finally abandoned fear of the cloud and now realizes the value… Read more
“If the rate of electronic health record adoption continues at its current pace, all hospitals in the country should have adopted EHRs [electronic health record systems} in the next four years, according to a new study. Researchers found that 80.5%… Read more
“Question: What are the eminent opportunities for blockchain in healthcare? Aaron Symanski: Blockchain is proving its value every minute of every day. While it’s currently used in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, there are additional industries creating businesses utilizing blockchain, mainly… Read more
“Most physicians today readily acknowledge that the biomedical information available exceeds what one person can learn and retain. Questions remain, however, regarding how much content students must learn, whether that learning is best done in traditional classroom settings, and what… Read more
“Here are six insights from Dr. Gawande. 1. On using artificial intelligence to diagnosis patients: ‘[U.S. Healthcare] is massively far [from using AI in the diagnosis process] … people imagine [the diagnosis process as] people [coming] to you with a… Read more
“Increased awareness, early presentation to a health care facility or early recognition of health care–associated sepsis, rapid administration of appropriate antibiotics, and urgent treatment according to locally developed guidelines can significantly reduce deaths from sepsis. Since such measures have reduced… Read more