Search Tag: efficiency
Creating Harmony in Health Systems With Enterprise Imaging
2020 25 Sep
Over the years, there has been significant technological advancement in the healthcare industry. However, for many healthcare systems, this advancement in technology is not accompanied by advancements in IT interoperability and security. This has resulted in inefficiencies across the system that prevent optimum utilisation of resources, which, in effect,... Read more
The Digitalisation of Healthcare
2020 09 Mar
Summary: Where can digitalisation in healthcare be applied to yield quantum leaps in efficiency, cost-savings, patient safety and care quality? Almost no other area in healthcare offers so much potential for increasing process efficiency, for improving medical quality as well as patient safety, and finally, for achieving sustainable economic... Read more
Measuring Healthcare Outcomes to Deliver Value and Lower Costs
2019 13 Nov
Summary: A new initiative, called ACS THRIVE (Transforming Healthcare Resources to Increase Value and Efficiency), was launched this summer to help hospitals and surgical practices improve patient outcomes while lowering the cost of delivering care. A collaboration between the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School's (HBS)... Read more
Do AI-Friendly Chiefs Lead More Successful Organisations?
2019 20 Jun
A report published by Deep Knowledge Analytics shows that AI-Friendly chiefs are more likely to help drive their organisation to success. Researchers did a deep dive with 50 pharma and tech corporations and discovered that when CEOs and board members embraced AI, it indicated R&D efficiency and the likelihood of more success in drug discovery.... Read more
Improving care and outcomes with Machine Learning
2019 06 Mar
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting machine learning in patient care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) with an academic research grant. With a range of AWS machine learning services, the Harvard Medical School -affiliated teaching hospital will explore new ways that the technology can enhance clinical care,... Read more
AI powers radiologists
2019 06 Feb
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence ( AI ) is clearly the new trend in automation. This article, "The AI-powered radiologist" , authored by Dr. María Jesús Díaz Candamio , a radiologist at the Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña (Spain), highlights the advances in AI technology that will propel a revolution in... Read more
How can automation improve outpatient care while reducing costs?
2019 21 Jan
The new role of hospitals and the triple aim challenge Rather than being an unaffordable luxury, automation can quickly deliver an impressive return on investment. The list of advanced technology and automation in healthcare is growing, from using Amazon Echoes to provide adult social care (paconsulting.com/our-experience/argenti-using-technology-to-drive-social-care-t Read more
Radiology efficiency: from burnout to wellbeing
2018 11 Dec
Radiologists burnout at a higher average rate then doctors that practice in all other medical specialities. There are a variety of factors that lead to symptoms of burnout in the medical profession but for radiologists the major cause is the extreme pressure to do more in less time. Coupled with bureaucratic workload routine, a decreasing sense of... Read more