Throughout history, industries have been disrupted by new technology. From telephones to radios to televisions, professionals across sectors have had to adapt to survive and thrive. Some of the disruption in healthcare today include wearable devices, on-demand services, artificial intelligence and…
Regulation of the health care industry has its place, considering the stakes in the industry are life and limb. However, professionals in the field also know that sometimes oversight of the industry can be a roadblock. “Health care is one…
Late June was a rough time for not only high profile corporations and government offices hit by malware, but also for at least two hospitals whose data was ransomed by hackers. Computers at the affected health care organizations went down…
A day in the life of a physician includes an incredible array of tasks: Patient-focused duties such as regularly scheduled patient visits, emergency patient visits and follow-ups Documentation chores such as recording visits, writing up notes and writing prescription refill…
With the Better Care Reconciliation Act and its CBO score in the news, health care and finances are often being talked about in the same breath. The CBO expects average premiums to increase for workers before they decrease, even while…
Laboratories need to ensure they are meeting the various regulations placed on them, ranging from maintaining data integrity through safely conducting all work performed in the laboratory. With so many regulations to follow, and so many agencies to comply with,…
Whether you have “a good sense of direction” or not, navigating healthcare facilities with poor, missing or overly complicated signage is frustrating. In absence of effective wayfinding, people must rely on other people for help to their destination, which can be equally frustrating, wasteful and taxing on patients’ health. In this post, we discuss problems and solutions to healthcare wayfinding.
The castles of medieval Europe, the temples of ancient Greece, the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of ancient Egypt – these structures from all over the world captivate us with their awe-inspiring majesty, some centuries after they were constructed.…
Healthy debate exists about which is the better brand. Is it Coke or Pepsi? Apple or Microsoft? The Yankees or the Red Sox? If you are a fan of any of the aforementioned brands, chances are, you feel strongly about it. That is what brand loyalty is all about. In this post, we’ll discuss key steps to building loyalty to a healthcare brand.
Laboratory managers are often promoted to their position from technical staff. You might be a brilliant scientist, outstanding at analyzing data, excellent at writing papers and ahead of your time at directing experiments, but this doesn’t guarantee you currently have…