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Healthcare organizations continue commitment to protect patients and healthcare workers with an update to masking guidelines

Public Health Insider

Healthcare systems in the Puget Sound region have updated their joint guidelines for masking in hospitals and outpatient clinics during respiratory illness season.

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Is Big Data Transforming Our Broken Hospital Management Systems?

Smart Data Collective

The healthcare industry is happily embracing big data. Hospitals around the world are finding that data can have a profound impact on their operations. A lot of the emphasis so far has been on the use of big data to better engage with external third-parties, but big data can be equally valuable for managing internal hospital systems.

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HCA’s purchase of Mission Health did not lead to lasting improvements, Wake Forest academic report concludes

NC Health News

Though HCA made improvements to the western North Carolina health care system, according to the Wake Forest University report, many were already planned or required by then-Attorney General Josh Stein as part of the terms of the sale. [I]t The decision to sell the nonprofit system to the largest for-profit hospital owner in the U.S.

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What Does Data Archiving Bring To Healthcare Intelligence?

Smart Data Collective

Healthcare organizations house enormous amounts of data – amounts that have been multiplied many times over since the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems over the last decade. When data is no longer in active use, the best thing that healthcare systems can do it archive it. Why Keep Your Data?

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The Role and Importance of Data Collection in Healthcare

Smart Data Collective

The healthcare sector, in particular, has discovered a number of benefits of leveraging data technology. There are a lot of reasons that big data can be useful for healthcare businesses of all sizes. We shared ten of the best examples of big data in healthcare in one of our previous posts. Big Data is Vital to Healthcare.

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Hospitals Make Massive Inroads on COVID-19 Battle with EMS Data

Smart Data Collective

We have previously talked about some of the biggest ways that policy makers and the healthcare sector are using big data to fight COVID-19. COVID-19 has changed how hospitals and EMS services function dramatically. Due to the impact that the virus has had on their systems, the healthcare field will likely be changed forever.

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RN Coders Can Improve Hospital Data Strategies

Smart Data Collective

Healthcare providers are investing more heavily in big data technology, as they strive to deal with growing challenges such as declining operating margins and an increasingly complex regulatory environment. However, many healthcare providers lack the technology or knowledge to use data prudently. This is where RN coders come in.