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Achieving Health Equity in Healthcare Requires Investment, Data, and Better Educational Tools

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VuWall’s Security Features Utilize AV Over IP to Meet Workplace Security Demands
September 22, 2023

The significant shift in security demands has seen modest operation centers evolve into larger, more intricate spaces. This change isn’t just a nod to expansion but underscores the demand and importance of comprehensive security in modern businesses. Then enter AV over IP solutions, which replaces the old-fashioned bulky matrix switchers and provides a decentralized […]

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GSX 2023: The Present And Future Of Cybersecurity Architecture With Johnson Controls
September 22, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the integration of security systems and cybersecurity architecture is paramount for businesses. Johnson Controls, one of the biggest security system integrators in North America, recognizes the challenges faced by organizations in ensuring the reliability and uptime of their security investments. With the rise of connected devices, cybersecurity threats have […]

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FIS Podium
September 22, 2023

Designed in collaboration with CBP, Parabit FIS Podiums are intelligently designed to support touchless passenger processing and efficiently accommodate change over time – technology upgrades, the way passengers are processed, and the way people flow is managed.

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Achieving Health Equity in Healthcare Requires Investment, Data, and Better Educational Tools
June 9, 2023

Achieving health equity has been a long-term challenge for the healthcare industry and a topic that has received more national and global attention since the COVID-19 pandemic. Marginalized communities in particular face deep disparities when trying to access healthcare and in their health outcomes. According to the Harvard Business Review, when compared to their […]

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Interoperability Can’t Have a “One-Size-Fits-All” Solution to Support Health Equity Goals
May 24, 2023

At HIMSS 2023, health equity couldn’t have been a more important focus for companies across every slice of the healthcare ecosystem. And with healthcare going through its own Industry 4.0 revolution with mass adoption of medtech, telehealth services, and cloud services, it’s becoming clearer that health equity needs to intersect with goals for technology […]

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HIMSS 2023: Providers and Payers Maneuver “Too Much Data,” SDOH Initiatives, and “Hospital in the Home”
May 1, 2023

HIMSS 2023 was the host of several industry-defining conversations for the healthcare industry, including reflections on the growth of data use in healthcare and the evolution of how and where care is administered. The evolution of the healthcare marketplace has resulted in the saturation of data among multiple areas. As a result, the healthcare […]

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Invest in Health Equity or Healthcare Will Fail
April 12, 2023

A lack of health insurance can be detrimental to anyone if there is any medical emergency or accident that occurs in that span of time. Healthcare costs are high even with insurance. Without insurance? Astronomical and simply unaffordable for many. So, it should come as a concern that in 2021, 8.6 percent of Americans did […]

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The Continued Democratization of Personalized Healthcare
April 3, 2023

A show of hands: How many people were adept at taking an in-home health test before the pandemic? The answer: probably not many. The pandemic changed that, along with so many other healthcare processes. Taking a COVID test, a healthcare assessment, or even a virtual patient visit weren’t things most were used to doing at […]

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Technology Transforming the Impact of SDOH Programs
February 22, 2023

Seeing a community’s health gaps and opportunities is no easy feat. Seeing the social health needs at the household level is very challenging…but this is where Amit Kale, Vice President at Highmark Health, believes we need to start to help members live healthier lives. Amit Kale MD, MHA joins the podcast to talk about the […]

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Behavioral Health Is Stepping Out of the Shadows of Healthcare
April 22, 2022

Host Kevin Stevenson of the “I Don’t Care” podcast talked with Stuart Archer, the CEO of Oceans Healthcare, a behavioral health service provider, about the growth and challenges of behavioral health in hospitals. Currently, the healthcare system is buzzing in behavioral health but there are still some improvements to be made. Even with many […]

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From an Idea to Billion Dollar Company: How a Doctor Lobbied DC for HSAs
November 8, 2021

As most people know, unexpected visits to the doctor can lead to high medical bills. An estimated 1 out of every 5 Americans offset these costs by using a Health Savings Account or HSA to help them save for rainy days or simply to plan ahead. However, it wasn’t long ago that this now […]

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Examining the Vaccine Rollout from a Public Health Standpoint
March 24, 2021

The mission of Health Matters is to promote health equity by elevating the conversation around healthy habits, preventative health, and relevant public health issues. By approaching these topics with an equitable lens, we can all do our part to empower individuals to make more informed decisions about their health and care.     MarketScale introduces […]

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