Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week we are exploring how generative AI can change the future of healthcare. Step into the world of generative AI, the fascinating field of AI that’s got everyone in the healthcare industry buzzing.

Many hospitals and health systems are dealing with tight budgets, workforce challenges, and security issues. These and other challenges are getting increasingly complex and adding strain to an already-taxed healthcare ecosystem. How do you decide whether to invest in patients or care teams—or deliver optimal care or achieve your financial goals? In this complicated environment, it can be difficult to avoid getting distracted by minutiae, bureaucracy, and manual efforts.

There’s a major disconnect between the promise of digital transformation in clinical care settings and the reality of hospital systems and clinics today. Nurse retention depends on bridging this gap. Many of us remember the first wave of digital transformation in healthcare, where paper and triplicate forms gave way to electronic charting. Although electronic medical records (EMR) systems are remarkable and essential, they don’t provide a complete digital solution for care providers.

Location-based marketing has been around for a while. Marketers have used ZIP codes to send personalized marketing messages to target audiences. However, these tactics are limited. For example, you can’t trigger ads in real-time or at the moment of highest intent. But what if you could target the right customers at the right place and time? Enter geofencing.

Instituto Salvadoreno del Seguro Social (ISSS), an El Salvador based government health care institution, provides medical services such as treatment, insurance, prescription home delivery, etc. The institution has branches in over 114 locations throughout the country, with its IT infrastructure network being very crucial for its business operations. To monitor its business critical IT network, ISSS’ IT team evaluated and chose ManageEngine OpManager.

The healthcare industry is one of the most complex and demanding industries in the world, with a wide range of products and supplies that must be carefully managed and tracked. Proper inventory management is critical to ensuring that hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities have the supplies they need to provide the highest level of care possible.

If you’re part of a software engineering team in digital health, medtech, medical devices, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), etc. you have to comply with regulatory standards. And one of the biggest challenges engineering leads have in this sector is figuring out what they have to do to achieve software delivery compliance.