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Join the editors of Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews as they forecast new trends and developments for the year ahead: AI, cybersecurity, patient engagement, reimbursement and rev cycle, virtual care and more.

Many healthcare organizations are struggling to keep up with changing patient expectations, rising costs, staff shortages and more. Although technology may seem like the obvious solution to these problems, providers must ensure that the tools they use enhance patient experiences while also driving efficiencies and improving the organization’s bottom line.

Aging healthcare facilities may not be prepared to adequately support new technologies or the changing needs of an older, sicker population. And according to the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), 35% of surveyed healthcare organizations have deferred maintenance until equipment needed emergency repairs — at an 18% higher average cost than non-emergency repairs. Explore cost-effective ways to update existing facilities in Honeywell’s eBook.

While most healthcare organizations (HCOs) have processes in place around contract creation, procurement and onboarding, these processes are generally manual, costly and time-consuming. This results in visibility gaps that increase the likelihood of errors, omissions or contract delays.

Watch as Jon LeBlanc, Senior Director of Sales at Infor, Brianna Zink, Senior Director of Product Strategy, Healthcare at Infor, Todd Stonestrom, SI & ISV Success Manager, NP Healthcare at AWS, and Evan Friedman, Senior Manager, Human Capital Practice at Deloitte, discuss how changing employment practices and adopting the Infor workforce productivity platform can help organizations continue to grow in the changing work landscape.

Watch as Joanna White, Chief Nursing Executive at Infor, and Theresa Beebe, Solution Consultant, Healthcare at Infor, talk to Gina Seekers, Director of HRIS at Children’s of Alabama, and Diana Kennedy, Applications Engineer III – ERP Team at Children’s of Alabama, about how the hospital implemented a workforce management platform that helped them improve work experience and reduce turnover for its nursing team.

IDC Health Insights conducted a study to provide global healthcare executives with actionable insights and analysis for possible responses to future healthcare industry scenarios. These predictions for 2024’s healthcare industry landscape reflect the increasing drive to automate and deploy AI applications to reduce costs and improve patient care quality. The study also found a growing emphasis on sustainability and governance to help healthcare organizations build resilient infrastructure that can adapt to evolving challenges.

Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, is among the top employers in the U.S., with more than 50,000 employees operating in 28 hospitals. To improve its recruitment process, Banner partnered with Mastek to build a Provider Pre-employment Made Easier (PPME) app, an online job board, a candidate portal and a stakeholder portal using the Salesforce platform.

Banner Health, one of the largest U.S. nonprofit healthcare systems, serves patients across six states. As part of its digital transformation process, Banner partnered with Mastek to modernize its IT infrastructure and develop a governance framework.

With a majority of healthcare organizations lacking proper technology to address HIPAA compliance, it’s imperative that quick action is taken to avoid serious security and data privacy breaches. Our comprehensive guide provides you with all you need to know to address this time-sensitive issue.