Healthcare/Pharma

Key Multi-Cloud Takeaways & Mistakes to Avoid for Healthcare CIOs

It’s no secret that the healthcare sector has been one of the slowest to adopt enterprise cloud computing, even with the moderate increase we saw as a result of the urgent shift to telehealth and remote working during the pandemic. But that’s understandable: healthcare is one of the most highly regulated ...

Transparency Is A Necessary First Step Toward A Better Healthcare System

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services has issued a new joint federal rule. Another federal mandate is hardly newsworthy, but one devised under the Trump Administration and eagerly implemented by the Biden Administration is certainly unique.Beyond the politics, the Transparency in Coverage rule, while not without ...

Dramatically Improving Population Health Through Remote Patient Monitoring Data

As winter storms sweep the country and complicate transportation, healthcare access becomes a front-and-center issue. Rural hospitals across the U.S. are shuttering their labor, delivery, and maternity wards, in many cases closing altogether. Pregnant women in remote rural areas are even more at risk this winter than previous years.Thirty-six percent ...

Industry Voices—5 steps to develop an effective ‘always-on’ patient communication strategy

Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. National Diabetes Month in November. American Heart Month in February. In the U.S.—and in many parts of the world—we have done a great job of drawing attention to certain diseases. But the diseases that go along with those 30-day periods don’t take time off; ...

Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience

Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. A positive patient experience can keep clients returning, while a frustrating or confusing experience may push them away. With so much on the line, it’s important to get it right. One of the most powerful tools in a ...

Patients are using social media — clinical trial experts can learn from that

Since the birth of social media nearly two decades ago, pharma companies have almost exclusively used it as a marketing engine. But, as the adoption of real-world data revolutionizes the field, online networks are now gaining recognition as a bountiful source to understand patient experience and insights.Throughout their care journey, ...

More patients — especially younger ones — are switching providers, survey finds

Dive Brief:Healthcare consumers appear to be increasingly comfortable switching providers when their current one isn’t meeting their needs, according to a report from Accenture.About 30% of patients selected a new provider in 2021 — up from 26% in 2017, the report found. A quarter switched providers in 2021 because they ...

Using AI Responsibly and Ethically in Healthcare

From disease detection and treatment management to patient communications, AI plays an ever increasing role in the healthcare industry. While AI will increase effectiveness and efficiency, some worry about the cost. Will healthcare organizations sacrifice data privacy as they implement and rely more on AI?Consider the numbers. In 2021, healthcare ...

Healthcare Chatbot Explosion on The Way?

While healthcare providers have been relatively slow to put chatbots to work, the time may have come for a chatbot explosion. With ChatGPT generating frenzied global interest, we may be at the tipping point for using chatbots in our daily lives, and providers will have good reason to meet consumers ...

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