COVID-19 accelerated the widespread use of telemedicine, but by all indications, telemedicine will be a trend that sticks around. As is the case for in-person visits, being proactive about how you prepare for an appointment can be the deciding factor in whether you have an efficient visit with a satisfying outcome, or a frustrating one. We interviewed physicians and nurse practitioners who see telehealth patients...

The World Is (Slowly) Opening Back Up – What Is Next for Telehealth? As we’ll be discussing over the next few weeks, the onset of COVID-19, and necessity of increased telemedicine measures, has created many new challenges, risks, and unexpected benefits to the healthcare industry. The question we must ask is: ‘Where do we go from here?’ Now that the telehealth genie has been let...

The Changing Landscape of Telemedicine Amid COVID-19 Telehealth is here to stay. COVID-19 has changed the way patients access healthcare, with a new emphasis on the use of telemedicine. In the midst of a pandemic, it makes sense that providers would prefer to see patients from a distance whenever possible. However, while COVID-19 accelerated and expanded the rate at which providers adapted to offering telehealth...

Microsoft Power BI For Beginners: How Can Your Organization Benefit? Data analytics initiatives can help businesses track revenue, improve operational efficiency, respond more quickly to emerging market trends — all with the ultimate goal of boosting business performance. The right analytics tools can provide a clear picture of where you are, where you have been and where you should go. Microsoft Power BI is one...

How Can Custom Applications Benefit Workflow? Organizational workflow often requires a set of online tools. These applications aid in client screening, corporate communications, and project management. However, using several applications from different developers can make work less efficient. Here are just some of the ways that creating a custom application will improve workflow and productivity for your organization.   Efficiency One of the main benefits...

How Can Analytics Help Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic? As organizations take precautions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, day-to-day work and strategic direction are evolving rapidly. Businesses are grappling with how to respond to the effects of the pandemic and have numerous challenges facing them including potentially significant revenue shifts, communication issues and interaction changes, resource limitations, possible supply chain problems, business process changes, and customer...

How to Maintain Organizational Efficiency While Working from Home As the threat of COVID-19 sends organizations home, remote work is becoming the new normal. However, working remotely requires some major adjustments. Here are some ways that your team can maintain efficiency and stick with your strategic direction while out of the office. Determine a Work from Home Strategy Switching to a remote work setup will...

Developing on Large Teams Large development teams pose several unique challenges to Information Technology executives. This is particularly true for IT groups experiencing rampant growth due to an organization’s recent success. Corporate growing pains, coupled with a rapidly expanding technical infrastructure, can often directly impact the IT team’s efficiency and overall productivity. As a result, many IT directors recognize the importance of strategic direction within...

Building Quality Into the Software Development Process In today’s ever-evolving software development world, companies across every vertical must achieve a continuous delivery model to stay ahead of technology obsolescence, as well as the industry competition. A manual testing methodology is too time intensive and prone to mistakes to keep up with an agile delivery cycle. An automated testing process is almost as mission-critical to determining...

Selecting the Right Software Package Solution At some point, regardless of industry, most companies find themselves in need of a new technology solution, for a myriad of reasons. Some businesses have grown beyond their current manual techniques and require an automated process to support internal or client-facing operations. Other companies, tired of managing multiple systems across several departments, look to consolidate efforts and outputs using...