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Agile project management and waterfall can coexist and project managers can find value in learning to manage both.

The tech giant said the cloud can serve as a home for patient records and enable a broader view at medical data to fuel value-based care.

New imaging techniques are helping radiologists, cardiologists, oncologists and other diagnosticians with greater anatomical and clinical details, highlighting the need for fast access to imaging reports and results and collaborative workflows.

Methodist Hospital of Southern California moved from a time-consuming, paper-based system to now completing mandated antibiotic rules on all patients in less than four hours.

The vendor is working to improve workflow, security and efficiency with its Exa platform for radiologists and clinicians.

The organizations use voice recognition and artificial intelligence to build interactive reports that include more elements than simply what a clinician adds, such as images, charts and graphs.

The Olympic Healthcare Interoperability Initiative hopes to offer a seamless data exchange among 200 countries.

With all the back and forth in Washington, D.C., lawmakers are not passing some important pieces of legislation concerning Medicare reimbursement for telehealth, Roy Schoenberg says.

Texas Health Resources’ Patti Consolver said usually the biggest dissatisfier for a patient is when they feel misled or not fully informed prior to service.

Enabling employees to telecommute and perform patient pre-registration, scheduling and financial counseling has saved the system money and improved employee satisfaction.