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Upscaling Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices in Healthcare

Accessible Healthcare for All In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the pursuit of excellence goes hand in hand with embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles. An inclusive healthcare system not only benefits patients and staff with diverse needs but also elevates the standard of care for all. According to the World Health Organization, about […]

Introducing the Role of the Digital Centaur

Emids as a thought partner is laser focused on digital transformation and the digital journeys of our clients and partners. During organizational transformation, leaders must consider the human side of the journey to position their teams and solutions to compete successfully in the new digital paradigm. Emids has studied the concept of Humanology, where the […]

Helping Healthcare Organizations Become More Data Intelligent

Takeaways, Trends and Prognostications from Summit ‘22 

If I had to choose one word to encapsulate the 2022 Emids Healthcare Summit, it’s change. From reverting back to an in-person gathering after three years of meeting remotely, to being purposeful about creating an event that’s reflective of the direction we hope healthcare is moving (more on that later), to a shift in attendees’ moods […]

Summit ’22: Healthcare Disruption Is Heading Our Way

Nashville, Tenn.—The U.S. healthcare system is ripe for disruption and that disruption may come from any direction. This was one of the many threads that came up at the 2022 Emids Healthcare Summit, which brought together healthcare leaders from across the country to Nashville, Tenn., to tackle some of the contemporary challenges facing the industry […]

Tech Forum: Here’s What Healthcare Technology Leaders Are Talking About Today

Nashville, Tenn.—The evolution of healthcare is rapidly unfolding, and the industry needs to keep up. That was a sentiment many healthcare leaders echoed on Day One of the Emids Healthcare Summit, which entailed the Tech Forum—an event catering to healthcare and life sciences technology leaders, CTOs and CIOs. Healthcare Technology Challenges Josleyn added that other […]

The Building Mountain of Wearables Data

From counting steps to remote monitoring, how we deal with the building mountain of wearable data will determine the future of consumer acceptance. Wearable electronic health and fitness devices are in strong demand with 26 percent of U.S. households owning one as of 2018, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).  They projected over 12.5 […]

The Opportunity and Necessity of Inclusive Health Product Design

Now is the Time for Inclusive Design The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined how healthcare services are delivered. There is a shift from in-person consultations and paper documentation to virtual consultations and electronic documentation. As a result, patients, clients and healthcare providers including many with a range of disabilities are having an increased number of interactions […]

Understanding the Language of Healthcare Data

The Healthcare Data Language Crisis Healthcare organizations have been capturing, collecting, transforming, accessing, analyzing, securing, and storing large amounts of data for many years, and yet there is still doubt in trusting and/or understanding their data and how to utilize it. For many healthcare organizations, data is still a vast, field of information and definitions, […]

Why Legacy System Integration is Necessary for Health Apps

Digital Health Funding is Driving Transformation If you look around, almost all industries have significantly digitized their customer touch points, but healthcare has been slow in catching up. Until the pandemic that is. The pandemic opened the eyes of many large health systems, health plans and even the investor community to recognize the need to […]

Key Insights on Innovating the Healthcare System Together

The Nashville Healthcare Council (the Council) is where healthcare leaders come together to deepen their knowledge on the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. healthcare system. I was privileged to be one of the 33 healthcare fellows selected for the class of 2022. For the last five months we have explored an array of topics […]

Top 3 Healthcare Data Challenges from Industry Leaders

Thanks to the digital economy, data is now the new gold. In the healthcare and life sciences industries, data is improving the lives of patients and making it efficient for providers to deliver care in novel ways. A deluge of data, however, comes with its own set of challenges. To get a better understanding of […]