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Automated blood tracking: Reduces risks, increases efficiency
Computing systems are rapidly evolving and the healthcare industry is leading the charge. What was once an industry of mass manual records and procedures is now transforming into an electronically and technologically dependant trade. And it’s a positive transition.
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Interview: Mr Rajendra Pratap Gupta speaks on Hospital Informatics in India.
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Which are the areas the hospitals must implement the informatics to increase their operational efficiency?
Answer: In any hospital, resources are limited in capacity and in addition, the poor utilization of those existing (limited) capacity creates bottlenecks in service delivery.
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The Opportunity Wave is Hitting Healthcare: Surf’s Up!
The underlying principle behind the inability of any health system to offer all medical services, to everyone, right now and all the time, has to do with the fundamental driver of all economic activity: resource scarcity. Ultimately, resources are...
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Singapore’s Journey to Build a National Electronic Health Record System
As other countries continue to grapple with the issue of how to implement a nationwide electronic health record, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has embarked on its journey to build a National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system that provides...
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Consumers Connect Health Monitors to Online Sites
Consumers are logging on to Web Sites with heart and blood monitors and sleep trackers to understand and improve their health.
Growing numbers of health-conscious consumers are connecting themselves to Web-based health services. They are using new monitoring devices and...
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Healthcare Provider Prescribes Integrated Portal to Boost Productivity, Quality of Care
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A decade ago, St. Joseph Health System began operating a web portal for physicians called Physician Connect. The move gave the physicians of the U.S.$4.1-billion-a-year, 14-facility, nonprofit organization unprecedented access to their daily patient lists and to vital...
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Is eHealth enough to satisfy patients’ desire for self-service?
Patients wanting more self-service options for their healthcare. - Accenture survey show that patients embrace technology, but still want face-time with doctors.
Most (90 percent) patients surveyed want to embrace eHealth self-service options, such as access to health information, scheduling...
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