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From Chaos to Calm: How ER Scheduling Could Help Fix Emergency Care Challenges

HIT Consultant

The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care. Such smart and personalized notifications make your staff’s job easier – and patients’ lives, too.

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How AI and machine learning can help predict SDOH needs

Healthcare It News

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. These social needs have not always been viewed as the purview of the traditional healthcare delivery system.

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Rethinking Big Data in 2024: How Healthcare Can Leverage Workforce Intelligence to Improve Care

HIT Consultant

Charlie Lougheed, CEO of Axuall The future of healthcare innovation over the next decade will be shaped by insights from clinician big data and AI, otherwise known as workforce intelligence. citizens will be of retirement age, increasing the use of healthcare services nationwide.

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22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023

HIT Consultant

As a result, big tech will not make traction against improving the systemic issues that plague the healthcare system in 2023. Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health.

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CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty: ‘It’s Time To Give Home Health Its Due’

Home Health Care

I had the chance to interview him twice at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit last month in La Jolla, California. That it’s a preventative service. What I think a lot of people get scared of is, “I don’t want to tell my nurse what to do.” Previously, he was the president of Steward Health Care System.

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Patient Engagement: A Two-Way Relationship with Lonnie Hirsch | E. 77

Vie Healthcare

I’m also big into educating and empowering more people on ways they can live healthier lives and avoid preventable disease. Lisa is the founder of VIE Healthcare Consulting, and now managing director at SpendMend. You’ll hear conversations on relevant and trending topics in healthcare and much more.