The pandemic may have accelerated network upgrades in senior care, but providers see long-term benefits, especially as their clientele becomes increasingly tech savvy. Pervasive Wi-Fi, supported by robust network management tools, sets a foundation for strategic improvements for staff, residents and overall operations.
That proved to be the case for Enlivant, headquartered in Chicago and serving 215 independent, assisted living...
Through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say that surgical and chronic wound care became a challenge, as many patients recovered at home and received care through virtual visits.
A demand for wound care technology that is more accurate and less invasive is a response to both the rise in telehealth and the strain on clinical resources, says Jon...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionizing every sector of the market, but the impact is nowhere more striking than in healthcare. The rapid adoption of medical devices that rely on AI/ML can learn from Big Data and data generated by individual patients, as well as vast amounts of global information.
New insights unlocked by AI/ML are expected to help...
Healthcare organizations increasingly are being targeted by malicious actors perpetrating ransomware schemes and other cyberattacks, which makes a robust strategy for data backup and recovery critical.
The evolution of cloud-based data storage, off-premises solutions, cloud-enabled services such as telemedicine, and the rapid rise of a remote work force have also underscored the importance of backup and recovery solutions.
Veritas Healthcare CTO...
As Americans grow older (the share of the population age 65 and over is expected to increase from 17 percent today to 23 percent in 2060) and develop more acute care needs (80 percent of Americans over 65 have at least one chronic condition), older adults and their families will increasingly turn to senior care to meet their long-term...
Clinical trial management systems (CTMSs) allow health systems, academic medical centers, research sites and cancer centers to track all stages of clinical trials and serve as a hub for research operations.
Pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations (CROs) document aspects of clinical trials in a CTMS so they can demonstrate compliance with good clinical practices (GCPs), notes Ryan Kennedy, global...
By 2030, adults in the U.S. born from 1946 to 1964 will be 65 years old or older. Consistently, older adults have also shared that they would like to stay in their homes for longer.
As senior living and post-acute care organizations face staffing shortages, the need for resident safety improvements and competition with at-home aging, one aspect that could...
As 2021 came to an end, breaking news rocketed through the cybersecurity community: Researchers had discovered a serious security vulnerability in the widely used Apache Log4j utility that posed a significant risk to enterprise security.
Activity over the next couple of weeks followed what has become a familiar script for security professionals. Teams rushed to identify places where their organizations...
