Healthcare organizations generate a significant amount of data through the use of sensors, electronic health records, and digital imaging systems. However, when this data is analyzed remotely, which is a common occurrence in the healthcare sector, a number of issues can arise, such as network reliability problems, latency delays, and bandwidth congestion. These issues can [...]
Aging in place has become more prevalent, and some heavy hitters in the medical sector have taken note. In 2022 alone, Kaiser Permanente, Amazon, Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health have all made forays into home healthcare with the understanding that the U.S. population is aging and the needs of the 65-and-over set are considerable. [...]
The success of an organization, once heavily reliant on the type of leaders atop the org chart, is now much more dependent on the ability of those leaders to be inclusive and collaborative. That said, it is important to understand that being an inclusive leader doesn’t mean assembling a diverse team and hoping for the [...]
Telehealth, which proved vital at the height of the pandemic, continues to be a valuable tool for clinicians. But what form will it take going forward and how will compensation be doled out? These are among the many questions that government officials and healthcare organizations continue to grapple. According to the Department of Health and [...]
A large majority of seniors would like to continue living in their homes as long as it’s possible for them to do so in a safe and comfortable manner. Luckily, a lot of these aging adults are able to fulfill this wish thanks to healthcare technology developments that have taken place in recent years. Aging [...]
With physician burnout an ever-growing concern in the medical community, technology companies are rushing to address its root cause – administrative burden. Specifically, those vendors that deal in artificial intelligence have developed products that improve pre-visit evaluations, triaging and transcribing administrative billing. They also positively impact the manner in which lab work is processed. In [...]
Every company in every industry had to be innovative and agile during the height of COVID-19. In May 2020, 49.8 million Americans could not work because their employer closed or lost business due to COVID, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Leaders adapted through crisis by necessity. Adapting amid a crisis is hardly [...]
The management and leadership of any given organization have the same goal, but take two different approaches toward achieving that success. Peter Drucker, the late, legendary management consultant, broke it down as follows: “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Far more recently, a piece on the website Business.com described the [...]
Scott Kelly spent 20 years as a NASA astronaut. During that time, he spent 520 days in space, 340 of them consecutively on the International Space Station. He reaped numerous benefits from that experience, one of which was effective communication. This came into play with astronauts from other countries, support personnel on the ground, and [...]
The leadership dearth across all sectors, especially in healthcare, is destined to become acute in the very near future. Managing consultant Nanette Miner, writing for Forbes in 2019, cited projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing that over four in 10 American workers will be over the age of 55 by 2024, and [...]