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Meditech EHR and regional HIE help slash opioid use by 46% at CalvertHealth

Back in 2015, CalvertHealth Medical Center in Prince Frederick, Maryland, was ranked as the No. 1 prescriber of morphine milligram equivalents in southern Maryland.THE PROBLEMMaryland sits in the top...

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Healthcare systems need to keep innovating

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HIPAA right of access: In what looks like a new trend, another costly settlement

Eight may not be enough to get the message across, as the U.S. Health and Human Services has now reached that number of settlements with providers nationwide in the year-plus since it began enforcing...

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Livongo's lead investor on what the next model of care could look like

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Pandemic-era burnout: How physicians manage crushing workloads and IT demands

To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here.When the subject of burnout in healthcare is raised, perhaps the highest profile victim is the physician....

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IBM Watson Health to launch blockchain-powered Digital Health Pass

IBM Watson Health announced the launch of an IBM Digital Health Pass to help organizations enable individuals to return to work or school.The tool is built on IBM blockchain technology aimed at...

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Insights into RPA implementation in healthcare

Robot Process Automation (RPA) is a simple and powerful automation software that enables organizations to create their own software robots to automate any business process. These “bots” are...

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Transforming urban areas into 'smart communities'

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How one provider is transitioning from WebEx and Skype to a full telehealth...

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for all healthcare provider organizations. At Maple Knoll Communities in Cincinnati, staff faced the challenge of protecting their residents from the...

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Expectations of digital transformation

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How providers can use video chat to show empathy to patients

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ATA partners with ORCHA to develop approved app library

The American Telemedicine Association announced a new partnership with the Daresbury, United Kingdom-based Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps this week that's aimed at giving patients...

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AI and machine learning: A gift, and a curse, for cybersecurity

The Universal Health Services attack this past month has brought renewed attention to the threat of ransomware faced by health systems – and what hospitals can do to protect themselves against a...

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RLDatix buys Verge Health, building out tools for patient safety, risk...

RLDatix, developer of intelligent patient safety technologies, announced Wednesday that it has acquired Verge Health, which makes credentialing software and analytics tools for proactive risk...

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Factors for a Successful COVID-19 Vaccination Program

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Siloed approaches to social determinants of health aren't enough

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How Wake Forest Baptist Health uses RTLS to protect against communicable disease

AnalyticsNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyRFID/RTLSWorkforceData from a real-time location system, covering nearly 4.3 million square feet, offers the ability to see patients and staff who may...

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A deep look inside La Clínica de La Raza’s virtual Epic go-live

La Clínica de La Raza is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center with 49 years of experience providing comprehensive, culturally competent clinical and community health services. The mission of...

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Bio-convergence: How it is shaping future of healthcare tech

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FDA leader talks evolving strategy for AI and machine learning validation

At a virtual meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health and Patient Engagement Advisory Committee on Thursday, regulators offered updates and new...

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