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Pittsburgh Healthcare System Invests $100M In Big Data
October 15, 2012 08:36 AM University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's data warehouse and sophisticated analytics engine will foster personalized medicine, population health management, and administrative efficiencies.
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Supercomputer Speeds Up Cancer Analysis
October 11, 2012 10:16 AM Supercomputer dramatically reduces time required to analyze tumor cells, promising to bring genomic medicine to the bedside.
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Mobile Health Technology Experiences Growing Pains
October 09, 2012 02:06 PM Rapid growth of mobile health technology means stakeholders must cope with security issues and integration into the existing IT infrastructure.
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Health Insurance Exchange Spending Hits $2 Billion
October 03, 2012 02:12 PM Latest round of grant awards will go toward building the IT infrastructure necessary to make state exchange websites operational.
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Telemedicine Improves Health Of Diabetics, Research Says
October 01, 2012 08:05 AM Nonprofit group eHealth Initiative says clinics in poor neighborhoods can improve patients' health and cut hospitalizations by using mobile devices, patient Web portals, and social networks to monitor and inform.
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FCC Unleashes Mobile Health Innovation Initiatives
September 28, 2012 01:23 PM Federal Communications Commission announces new measures to promote mobile technology in healthcare industry, including hiring its own healthcare czar.
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5 IT Tips For State Health Insurance Exchanges
September 26, 2012 08:38 AM States confront huge technology challenges and opportunities with federally mandated HIXs. A new report offers guidance to ease the transition.
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Xerox Wins Contract For Nevada Health Insurance Exchange
September 21, 2012 09:02 AM Nevada awards $72 million to Xerox to build its health insurance exchange system--and to prepare the state for the onslaught of users.
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Analytics Can Expand Health Insurers' Role
September 19, 2012 10:00 AM Insurers can help solve problems such as medication errors and duplication of services if providers share clinical and financial data, says new PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
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Health Information Exchanges Struggle To Prove ROI
September 18, 2012 01:35 PM To survive, HIEs need to implement performance metrics to show they can improve quality of care and reduce costs.
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Federal Money Boosts IT Investment In Insurance Exchanges
September 17, 2012 09:00 AM Many states will use their portion of the $765 million grant to grow the IT capabilities of their health insurance exchanges.
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Providers Seek Consulting Firms For Smaller EHR Projects
September 12, 2012 02:00 PM With EHR installation a done deal, many health providers look to consulting firms for smaller Meaningful Use projects, KLAS study shows.
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IT Critical To New Health Learning System
September 11, 2012 12:07 PM U.S. healthcare system needs to transform itself into a "continuous learning machine" that uses technology to provide doctors with timely information, says Institute of Medicine report.
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Cancer Care Portal Connects Docs To Patients
September 07, 2012 12:49 PM Oncologists can use the tool to help meet Meaningful Use regulations on patient engagement.
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EHRs May Shortchange Depression Patients
September 06, 2012 03:16 PM Electronic health records may focus a doctor's attention on certain medical conditions, leading to undertreatment for depression, researchers suggest.
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Wearable Medical Technology Set To Take Off
September 04, 2012 01:24 PM Mobile health devices that monitor vital signs will become more standard, pushing market to $6 billion by 2016, says IMS Research.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2: Are You Ready?
September 04, 2012 01:15 PM Final stage 2 MU rule offers healthcare providers some compromises and EHR tweaks, and also requires greater patient engagement.
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EHRs Feed Clinical Research Machine
August 31, 2012 12:45 PM One-million-patient study provides further evidence that EHRs and analytics tools can advance clinical research.
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EHR Interoperability Key For Meaningful Use Stage 2
August 27, 2012 11:53 AM Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology, stresses EHR-to-EHR communication in webcast.
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Public Health Reporting Rethought By Pilot Project
August 23, 2012 03:22 PM Standardization effort aims to make patient health data in EHRs easier for public health agencies to access, so they can respond more quickly to infectious disease outbreaks.
By The Numbers
Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012
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