How to Efficiently Optimize Existing Health IT Infrastructures
At HIMSS14, infrastructure was on the minds of many attendees. In the above video, AirStrip CEO Alan Portela talks about how healthcare organizations can economically optimize technology...
View ArticleThe Impact of Healthcare Data Breaches
The U.S. federal government recognizes the risk of data breaches to the healthcare industry and has enacted laws to mandate protection of personally identifiable information. This information,...
View ArticleGrowing Concern about Healthcare Privacy, But What to Do?
A recent Reuters / Ipsos poll finds that 51 percent of Americans are spooked by Internet companies and their growing ambitions, “with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much...
View ArticleWhy You Need Cloud Security for Health IT
Security breaches can be costly for healthcare organizations and put vital patient data at risk. As the role of cloud computing becomes more prevalent, the need for security remains a hot topic for...
View ArticleProviding More Patient-Level Data
Below is the latest in a series of guest posts from Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, the commissioner of health for the state of New York. Look for more of his blogs in the Intel Health & Life Sciences...
View ArticleWhat to Do with Legacy Healthcare Enterprise Solutions
Mixing old and new technologies is a pain point for many healthcare CIOs. Recently, we caught up with Jeff Fleming, Vice President Americas for Carestream, who talked about legacy healthcare...
View ArticleThe Rise of Patient Empowerment
Technology is pushing patient participation to new levels. How is this trend changing the face of healthcare IT infrastructures? In the above video, CDW business development manager Kimberly Krisik...
View ArticleAnalytics at Core of Patient Care
In the above video, Saurabh Swarup, practice leader for healthcare analytics at Dell Services, talks about why healthcare is behind on utilizing analytics, and how analytics will ultimately be at the...
View ArticleHow GATK is Advancing Genomic Analysis
As we get closer to the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo next week, we’re taking a more focused look at analytics this week and how data impacts both clinical health IT and genomic research...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Data Integration and Mobile Platforms Combine?
As Bio-IT World approaches next week, we are sharing a pre-show guest blog series from industry experts on trends you can expect to hear about at the event. Below is a guest contribution from Robert...
View ArticleHow to Make Health IT Analytics Useful
The convergence of clinical analytics and genomic data in healthcare is well underway. That’s why we recently gathered a panel of experts to discuss how analytics can be turned into powerful...
View ArticleHead in the Cloud(s)?
As Bio-IT World approaches next week, we are sharing a pre-show guest blog series from industry experts on trends you can expect to hear about at the event. Below is a guest contribution from Phil...
View ArticleEnabling Synchronous Content Streams
Mobile devices are fostering greater collaboration at the point of care and helping to drive down health care costs. But as the ACO model takes hold—shifting the provision of care from acute care...
View ArticleWinning the Change Management Battle: A Tale of Health IT Success
As a HIMSS Level 7 facility, Deaconess Health System knows all about Big Data. For the past couple years, the Evansville, Ind.-based health care organization has been implementing systems that would...
View ArticleSafeguarding PHI on Mobile Devices (and Media)
Along with reducing paperwork, easing administrative burdens, and generating some cost savings, the rise of electronic health records (EHRs) in health care settings has significantly increased the risk...
View ArticleThree Key Steps to Building an HIT Supported ACO
CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, N.J., recently partnered with a group of hospitals to form an accountable care organization (ACO). If their application is accepted, the fledgling ACO will get...
View ArticleBYOD Trend Affecting Healthcare and Patients
The consumerization of mobile devices poses unique challenges for healthcare CIOs, who are tasked with maintaining security, streamlining productivity gains expected of the industry’s growing mobile...
View ArticleTransitioning Platforms: Why CIOs Should Be Looking at Windows* 8
As expected, HIMSS13 is abuzz with new offerings. Mobility, of course, is a central focus, and while devices and apps should garner a good deal of any healthcare CIO’s attention, don’t overlook the...
View ArticleTablets and Software Upgrades: A Pragmatist’s View
Yesterday, I wrote that healthcare CIOs should take a closer looks at Windows* 8, given the operating system’s flexibility and improved functionality in dual compute model environments (keyboard and...
View ArticleFacilitating Better Communications Among Clinicians
Much of the chatter coming out of HIMSS13 hinges on the concept of integration. Specifically, this idea that integrating physicians with other community care givers will naturally foster a better, less...
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