As a 180-bed specialised academic hospital based in northern Namibia, Ongwediva Medipark seeks to bring comprehensive healthcare closer to communities. Dr Tshali Iithete, Managing Director at Ongwediva Medipark, tells us more
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How Robotic Processing Automation can improve healthcare at scale
When used correctly, RPA solutions can completely transform operational processes to drive financial efficiency, enhance employee engagement, and improve the customer (or in this case, patient) experience.
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Anyone entering the healthcare field quickly learns one thing: there is a lot more administrative work that goes into the job than expected. And while tasks like processing payments, inputting patient data, and scheduling appointments are critical to the patient care continuum, it doesn’t take healthcare professionals long to grow weary of them.
This never-ending cycle of tedium has caused many providers to wonder: “How can we liberate ourselves from these mundane (albeit necessary) tasks without dropping the ball from an operational standpoint?”
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Stephanie Reisinger is Vice President and General Manager of Life Sciences, Veradigm. Stephanie is a forward-thinking leader with a passion for healthcare, data, technology and innovation. She has hands-on experience building and managing successful technology businesses; including initial funding, commercialization, scaling and ongoing operations, financial management and exit strategies. Steph is currently the General Manager of the Life Sciences organization at Veradigm, a business unit of Allscripts. In this role, she is responsible for commercializing innovative solutions that connect life science researchers and other healthcare stakeholders by leveraging Allscripts core healthcare IT platforms, data and provider relationships. Prior to Veradigm, she was President of the Evalytica software subsidiary of Evidera, a business that she developed and led from concept through its commercialization and acquisition by Allscripts in February 2018. Steph brings more
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AdventHealth, Sema4 partner to launch precision medicine program
The collaboration will build on AdventHealth s existing genomics and personalized health program, leveraging data to predict disease progression and response to treatments. Sema4 s Centrellis data platform will be a core part of the new program.
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In an effort to unlock the potential of precision medicine, one of the largest health systems in the country is collaborating with an analytics company.
Altamonte Springs, Florida-based AdventHealth announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Sema4 to launch a data-driven precision medicine program.
The collaboration will center on the structuring and curation of genomic and clinical data, said Glenn Farrell, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of research strategy at Stamford, Connecticut-based Sema4, in an email. The organizations will leverage the data to glean new research insights and support a range of clinical initiatives.
Widespread EHR adoption provides rich source of patient data for Covid-19 research
Widespread EHR adoption provides rich source of patient data for Covid-19 research
Data captured in EHR systems provide near real-time information about the nationwide vaccine rollout, help monitor potential safety issues, and foster understanding of the Covid-19 virus, treatments and associated outcomes in real-world care settings.
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In the all-hands-on deck race to conquer the coronavirus pandemic, de-identified patient data from a variety of sources support clinical research, and near real-time data captured through electronic health records (EHR) plays an important role.
EHR data are relatively new in support of clinical research compared to patient data gathered through the administration of health insurance claims used for more than two decades. Particularly in the United States, where the Affordable Care Act (ACA) catalyzed nearly complete EHR adoption, the “data exhaust” generat