The Role of Telehealth in the Future of Healthcare

Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery Telehealth has emerged as a transformative force in the healthcare industry, reshaping how patients access care and how providers deliver services. With the rapid advancements in technology and the increasing demand for convenient, accessible healthcare, telehealth is poised to play a pivotal role in the future of healthcare. The Current State of …

The Positive Impact of AI in Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it is here and revolutionizing healthcare. While some fear that AI might replace healthcare jobs, it is, in fact, empowering healthcare professionals to deliver better patient care, enhance efficiency, and ensure health equity and improve access to healthcare. This article explores the transformative power of AI …

Telehealth : A Temporary Necessity or the New Normal?

More than a year and a half after the first positive COVID-19 case was diagnosed in the United States, industries across the nation are still grappling with operating in a post-pandemic world. Many businesses came up with temporary measures to ensure they could continue operating according to the “new normal”, but few anticipated that social …

Leading Constructive Disruption by Embracing Collisions to Reinvent Brand-Building

Brand building has been continually disrupting as the transition to a digital world reshapes consumer engagement with our brands – and it accelerated by about 5 years in 2020.    Traditional TV reach keeps declining…colliding with over-the-top streaming services and connected TV that are growing exponentially – but with few or no ads.   Digital media keeps …

The Next 40 Years of Emotion AI

Each year, Fortune compiles a list of young leaders that they consider to be among the most influential young leaders for the year. The leaders included on this year’s list certainly set a high bar. I’m especially proud to be listed alongside so many inspiring female leaders, as this year’s 40 under 40 includes more …

Covid Epi Weekly: Harrowing Holidays

It’s hard to imagine a worse confluence. Cases are surging in much of the US. People are tired of the limitations the virus is imposing. Economic harm is real, painful, and persistent. And White House communications have continued to mislead, divide, and deny. Bottom line (almost) up front: there IS one thing that can stop …

The Future of Healthcare is Here: CMS Launches Largest-Ever Multi-Payer Initiative

The US government did something monumental today. As an extension to the Affordable Care Act, they have put into place a new initiative that enables our doctors and health care teams to have the freedom to administer care in a way they think will deliver the best outcomes to you and me! You ask why …

The “Five Big Shifts”​ Coming Next to Clinical Trials

Many today are discussing how clinical trials will look differently after the pandemic. Innovative approaches that had been developed in recent years but were stalled in “experimentation” have been rapidly adopted over 2020 as pandemic counter-measures, and many organizations are now making commitments to embed these approaches into their clinical trial pipelines going forward. These …

RESOLVING THE EHR TECHNOLOGY BLAME GAME

The value-based care initiative ushered a fundamental push for healthcare providers to satisfy requirements for meaningful use incentives and HIT vendors’ to offer software focused on the interoperability of health information. At that point in time, pitfalls around the actual usability of EHRs were tolerated. Still, years later, a fragmented EHR and HIT system has …

Addressing the Rise and Fall of Health Care Consumerism Through Technology

Accompanied by the high-deductible health plans and cost sharing models, consumerism has been steadily on the rise in the healthcare industry. Hospitals that are able to successfully handle these challenges may be in a better position to stay financially viable in a period when competitive pricing and patient satisfaction can make or break a hospital’s …