As the world reimagines the ways healthcare is delivered, supported and managed, these are the trends taking on a new sense of urgency: centering care around the patient, supporting healthcare workers and driving greater transparency across the ecosystem. In recent years, efforts to improve the patient experience and engage patients in their own care have been slowly building […] The post How rapid change is driving better healthcare appeared first on DXC Blogs ..read more

By providing convenience and affordability, telemedicine is becoming an increasingly accepted platform among physicians and patients for moving beyond the walls of the doctor’s office to deliver improved health outcomes. In general, telemedicine can be defined as the remote delivery of healthcare using a mobile phone or tablet for internet access, in order to call […] The post The prescription for telemedicine success appeared first on DXC Blogs ..read more

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy. By David Pare Private healthcare in […] The post Why a shift to digital patient services is the way forward for private healthcare appeared first on DXC Blogs ..read more

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy. Years of underinvestment in healthcare IT […] The post Deploying digital capabilities in healthcare: Do more with what you’ve got … appeared first on DXC Blogs ..read more

by Jonas Knudsen For the past 15 years, the electronic health record (EHR) has been the cornerstone of digital hospitals and a primary repository for clinical data. The strategy for most healthcare providers has been to integrate as much data as possible into the EHR so that clinicians need to work with only “one single […] The post Beyond the clinical silo: Delivering complete data to providers appeared first on DXC Blogs ..read more

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC’s Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy. Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are ..read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) already are having a major impact on healthcare in numerous ways. Here are some headlines on AI and healthcare from just one recent Google search: How AI and machine learning are transforming clinical decision support The Potential of AI in the Healthcare Supply Chain One-Third of Orgs use ..read more

by Michael Dahlweid, M.D., Ph.D. Physician burnout is very real and a troubling problem for healthcare, with studies finding that at least 50 percent of U.S. physicians struggle with burnout. An increased workload and less time to see patients are big contributors, but clerical burden is playing an increasing role in professional dissatisfaction. Most clinicians ..read more

by Mark Wren It wasn’t long ago that healthcare and pharmaceuticals were treated as separate industries and the crossover – when it happened – was just in terms of how clinicians used drugs and devices. But today those lines are blurring. Technically savvy patients, the pressure to improve outcomes while lowering costs, and the rapid ..read more

By George Mathew, MD As we begin a new decade, let’s take a moment to consider where priorities will – and should – lie in the years to come. One of the biggest themes of the past few years has been patient-centered care. This will continue to grow and expand as healthcare organizations, providers and ..read more