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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Health equity means ensuring that health resources and services are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, geography, ethnicity, or financial circumstances.

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The future of technology can make your hospital a model of care and efficiency

Healthcare It News

Yet, healthcare organizations face workforce and security challenges – ones that must be met while also appeasing the growing demands from patients. Consider the role of medtech in healthcare and learn how your organization can lead by example. It can assist with many preventive-care measures.

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Healthcare APIs: 3 Ways APIs Differ in Healthcare vs. Enterprise

HIT Consultant

The recent enforcement of new rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data mainly through application programming interfaces (APIs) has jolted providers and payers into action to meet interoperability standards. To contribute to and benefit from the healthcare API market—which is globally estimated to be worth $277.4

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Why Healthcare Digital Experience Is Important to Both Members and Payers

Lexis Nexis

Better Healthcare Digital Experience Good for Members and Payers As healthcare evolves toward more digital tools and offerings, consumer expectations about the online experiences their providers and plans offer have never been higher. Benefits of a Strong Healthcare Digital Experience?

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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

HIT Consultant

We are in a potential Health Renaissance and innovating at break-neck speed. We have to be careful with our data. That’s why the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard was established. The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. Standardization.

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Healthcare predictions for 2022

Health Business Group

Two years into COVID-19, I’m ready to hazard a few guesses about what lies ahead for healthcare. Cybersecurity threats in healthcare get bigger and scarier. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Climate change becomes a major healthcare issue.

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The Rise of Culturally Competent Care: Health Equity & Technology

HIT Consultant

Given these figures, it is unsurprising that healthcare providers are actively seeking solutions, particularly through existing and emerging technologies, to overcome their most significant cultural challenges in patient treatment. Have there always been cultural challenges in healthcare? Undoubtedly. between 2023 and 2032.