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Leveraging Generative AI for Enhanced Member and Patient Services

Generative AI is an emerging and exciting frontier with the capability to transform healthcare. Combining the realms of healthcare with artificial intelligence, particularly through the lens of GenAI can open the door to new and innovative solutions for care delivery and enhanced operational effectiveness. While the transformative potential of GenAI in healthcare is immense, it’s […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

The Emids DNA

Our recent rebranding initiative was a well-timed opportunity to set a renewed vision for our future by unlocking our true DNA. At such an inflection point, we took time to revisit our mission and values to ensure they aligned with our vision for the future. We are truth seekers, advancing the future of health through […]

How Healthcare Organizations Can Keep Consumers Engaged In The Digital Age

The pandemic has made healthcare virtual out of necessity. The success of healthcare companies lies in how they interact with digitally-savvy patients and consumers. The pandemic has changed every facet of our lives and healthcare is no exception. While the healthcare industry was already tackling changes prior to the pandemic, the last two years have […]

The Health at Home Transformation: Delivering Care in a Space of Trust

The last two years were marked by fear, isolation and economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was through these challenges we developed a need to interact with each other remotely. In the healthcare ecosystem, we’ve seen a shift in how consumers engaged with their care providers—often through the use of technology […]