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Intelligent Automation: Healthcare’s New Essential Coworker

Automation

Intelligent Automation: Healthcare’s New Essential Coworker

The future of healthcare relies on removing the robot from the human to focus on what matters most – the patient experience and mission-critical work of delivering care. Administrative processes are the backbone of healthcare operations, but they’re inefficient, error-prone, and limit employee capacity. No industry stands to experience more return on investment from automation […]

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The Role of Data & Analytics in Digital Transformation

Data & Analytics

Digital Transformation

The Role of Data & Analytics in Digital Transformation

What if you overheard a health plan CIO give this command: “Alexa, over the last three months, which New York providers received the most payment for treatment of out-of-state patients with chronic conditions?” Ridiculous, right? After all, Alexa is merely a voice-activated assistant, not a miracle worker. But maybe it’s not so ridiculous. Maybe the […]

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How Healthcare Ecosystem Maps Can Help You Prioritize Product Investment

Design-Led Engineering

How Healthcare Ecosystem Maps Can Help You Prioritize Product Investment

When developing a new healthcare product or service it can be difficult to prioritize which features should be included in the initial release – especially when we consider the complexity of healthcare systems, regulatory requirements, and the need to continuously improve medical care and health outcomes.  Healthcare ecosystem mapping is a valuable tool for visualizing […]

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Robotic Process Automation for Healthcare: The What, Why & How – 2024 Edition

Automation

Provider

Robotic Process Automation for Healthcare: The What, Why & How – 2024 Edition

We live in a world where computer time is eclipsing face-time. Where technology, tools and regulations that were supposed to make us more efficient at times seem to bog us down. Where the use of our “human” brain isn’t always saved for the more complex or personal tasks required of us. The benefits of using robotic […]

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Healthcare Customer Journey Mapping

Design-Led Engineering

Healthcare Customer Journey Mapping

Healthcare customer journey maps often expose pain points and opportunities for improvement in many other areas along the entire user journey – not just as it relates to software applications, but how it relates to patient perceptions, satisfaction scores, and overall customer experience. Part of creating a ‘sticky’ digital health application that becomes a part […]

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4 Benefits of Using a Microservices Architecture in Digital and Connected Health Solutions

Design-Led Engineering

4 Benefits of Using a Microservices Architecture in Digital and Connected Health Solutions

Dive into what microservices is and discover the benefits of implementing a microservices architecture when it comes to accelerating your digital and connected health solution’s time to market. Healthcare is poised for significant change over the coming years as a result of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), virtual assistants, sensors, and wearables. Significant investments […]

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Pushing the DevOps Needle with In-Sprint Automation

Product Engineering

Pushing the DevOps Needle with In-Sprint Automation

IT and software organizations began adopting the Agile method more than a decade ago in order to deliver releases in quick succession. DevOps came along soon after, narrowing the gap between concept and reality. DevOps is a significant shift in software development and testing, as it relies on automation and collaboration to improve how teams […]

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Data Governance, Data Liquidity and the Data Chain of Trust

Data & Analytics

Provider

Data Governance, Data Liquidity and the Data Chain of Trust

How the right data governance model can help healthcare organizations meet the demands of digital transformation By Randy Thomas, FHIMSS Senior Director, Value-based Consulting Value-based care. Population health management. Digital health. Healthcare consumerism. Promoting interoperability. All these evolving healthcare opportunities require consistent, accurate, reliable data. While the quantity of data created in healthcare continues to […]

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Why Merging Business Analyst (BA) and Quality Assurance (QA) Roles Is a Smart Move for Your Product Development Strategy

Product Engineering

Quality Assurance

Why Merging Business Analyst (BA) and Quality Assurance (QA) Roles Is a Smart Move for Your Product Development Strategy

As the healthcare industry continues to change and evolve, the demand for advanced healthcare technology is on the upswing. Development teams find themselves hard-pressed to deliver technology faster and more efficiently. Healthcare organizations and vendors developing new technologies are the perfect candidates for the Agile practice, where overlapping, cross-functional roles and frequent collaboration are keys […]

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How Integrating Business Analyst (BA) and Quality Assurance (QA) Teams Drives Successful Application Development, Delivery

Product Engineering

Quality Assurance

How Integrating Business Analyst (BA) and Quality Assurance (QA) Teams Drives Successful Application Development, Delivery

What BA/QA Integration Can Do BA/QA integration identifies defects early in the process, when they can be remediated much more inexpensively. The merging of these roles creates more contextual knowledge among the team members, and they are able to propose ideas for improvement related to functionality, compliance and quality. Eliminating the silos between the two […]

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Tackling Telehealth Integration Challenges

Data & Analytics

HealthTech

Tackling Telehealth Integration Challenges

Telehealth integration projects typically involve connecting systems, integrating data sets including cleansing and normalizing data, and integrating an increasing array of mobile devices. The grand goal is to connect all of these incoming mobile data streams to the core clinical systems—most importantly, the EMR. In many cases, telehealth integration with the lab and radiology information […]

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Defining the BA/QA Role

Product Engineering

Quality Assurance

Defining the BA/QA Role

Combining the business analyst and quality assurance roles is a solution gaining favor among many businesses to address the challenges of moving from a siloed workflow process to Agile. A BA/QA expert is a unique individual, one who possesses an in-depth understanding of the business domain and customer needs to define new software requirements yet […]

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