Technology

Of late the direction and complexity with regards to compensation management apps are expanding. Now developers are designing it to increasingly deliver a compensation management approach in its entirety in a broader perspective. It has taken a higher strategic view when it comes to the rewards and incentives of every employee and linking the same back to performance and results. Such transition of sorts has seen a large number of organizations to leverage the HR software. 

Most organizations are unclear of the different benefits that they can expect through compensation management apps. For those organizations as such considering yet but not committed to this software, below is a guide that will offer a roadmap for the top benefits of this HR software. 

While the number of people on the planet grows, the number of diseases does the same. The entry of digital into medicine contributes to the progress and improvement of the old methods of treatment, many of which are no longer effective. Medical products using artificial intelligence are actively developing by well-known companies: Google, Microsoft, IBM, Apple. A large number of startups brings incredible solutions so far.

What is digitalization in healthcare? Let’s consider real examples of the use of digitalization in medicine.

Accurate patient data

In order for the treatment to be correct and the diagnosis to be accurate, it is necessary to examine the patient’s data: snapshots, analyzes, examination protocols; history containing full information. The experience of doctors cannot help when it is difficult to see the complete picture of the disease due to poor data systematization in the card, and the disease story is lost in the thickness of the sheets.

It is believed that AI can solve this problem. Digitalization healthcare industry needed it and Google has developed Deepmind Health program, which analyzes the available information about the patient’s symptoms and gives a list of recommendations, and the doctor, using the prompts of such an assistant, assigns the patient a course of treatment.

The IBM Watson Health program also allows you to make diagnoses. Using the IBM Watson Health Cloud healthcare technology, the doctor receives and analyzes data about the patient’s body from an electronic bracelet, and on the basis of this selects an effective course of treatment.

While different technologies have changed the lives of millions of people across the world, none have been more powerful than technological advancements in medicine. Technology has led to a healthier society, as patients can now benefit from the invention of robotic surgery, x-ray machines and advanced surgical practices, to name only a few.

Consequently, people are living longer and healthier lives, which has increased average life expectancies. 

Read about the different ways technology has improved healthcare.

By Dennis Zanetti

Medical authorizations can be one of the most frustrating barriers to efficient and effective patient care. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), participants often wait an average of three days for a prior authorization (PA) decision from their health plan, leading to care delays in 92 percent of cases and causing 75 percent of participants to abandon treatment. The complex, labor-intensive authorization processes also create tremendous administrative and cost burdens on providers and payers. Electronic prior authorization technology promises to change this by automating authorization workflows and streamlining communication between providers and payers.

The commercial healthcare industry stands to save an estimated $9.8 billion by adopting electronic transactions for the most common claims-related administrative processes, including prior authorizations. In a Consensus Statement, health industry groups, including the AMA and leading health plans, agree that the adoption of electronic prior authorization transactions is one of the top strategies to improve process efficiency. While implementing an electronic authorization solution is not without challenges—including the consideration of various use cases, complex policy, clinical data and requirements—they can be overcome by focusing on high-level objectives that promise to deliver optimum results. Objectives to help determine the right approach should include the following:

A healthcare organization can find itself in critical condition if attacked by ransomware — a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their files unless a ransom is paid.

Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report discovered that ransomware accounts for 85 percent of all malware targeting the healthcare industry. Ransomware attacks have been numerous in hospitals and other health facilities recently, and the consequences can be dire for providers and patients, who are denied access to their files and cannot receive the care they need. 

“Many healthcare offices are not prepared to combat cyber attacks,” says Alex Zlatin, CEO of Maxim Software Systems and author of Responsible Dental Ownership (alexzlatin.com). “It can be a life-or-death situation if they can’t access data. So, they are more likely to pay up. 

“Healthcare organizations are prime targets because of all the patients’ personal information they have to offer cyber criminals. It’s imperative they get up to speed on how to prevent such a nightmare scenario and know how to deal with a ransomware attack quickly.”

Zlatin offers ways for healthcare organizations to prevent or reduce the risks of ransomware attacks, and how they should respond if infected: