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Paul Cerrato
Editor, InformationWeek HealthcareArticles
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Healthcare IT: Savior Or Sinkhole?
January 11, 2013 03:43 PM Latest RAND report suggests we might be throwing taxpayer dollars away on EHRs and other healthcare IT systems.
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When To Ignore That Mobile Health App
January 03, 2013 12:03 PM Patients and clinicians need to be aware of all the digital snake oil cluttering up the iTunes store.
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7 Big Data Solutions Try To Reshape Healthcare
January 03, 2013 09:08 AM Big data medicine is still largely unproven, but that's not stopping several medical centers and analytics vendors from jumping in with both feet.
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Halamka Knows Perils And Promise Of Healthcare BYOD
December 14, 2012 09:06 AM One of the nation's top healthcare CIOs discusses Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's $200K project to secure personal devices used for work.
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5 Healthcare IT Resolutions For 2013
December 10, 2012 08:00 AM CPOE and clinical decision support won't help you get in shape or spend more time with the family, but they should be among your New Year's priorities.
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Safety, Technology, Anger And Hope
November 30, 2012 01:42 PM America's patient safety record is a source of embarrassment that angers both clinicians and patients. The right IT tools can help mitigate the danger to life and limb.
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BYOD: Is Mobile Device Management The Answer?
November 19, 2012 11:58 AM With so many doctors bringing their smartphones and tablets to work and patient data breaches reported all the time, IT managers need to make the right choices.
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Health IT: How Not To Get Hired
November 09, 2012 08:05 AM Brains aren't enough to land that dream job. Humility and a willingness to learn are just as crucial.
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National Health Information Exchange: Why The Delay?
November 05, 2012 12:06 PM Hurricane Sandy took many lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. But so does a healthcare system that still refuses to embrace interoperability.
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Big Data Analytics: Where's The ROI?
November 01, 2012 12:23 PM Not everyone is impressed with the latest health IT megatrend. At least one prominent critic says payment reform should take precedence.
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IBM Watson Finally Graduates Medical School
October 23, 2012 09:07 AM Partnership with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center suggests IBM's supercomputer is ready to help oncologists manage their most challenging cases.
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Patient Engagement: One Secret To True Healthcare Reform
October 17, 2012 08:44 AM Genuine healthcare reform can't happen until facilities and doctors get patients more involved in their own care. To do that, patients need fast access to more data.
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Meaningful Use Needs Mobile Magic
October 09, 2012 08:28 AM Mobile technology could play a huge role in meeting the federal MU regulations, but the Stage 2 rulebook virtually ignores this potential.
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EHR Savings Debate Grows
October 01, 2012 09:06 AM Credible sources are raising serious concerns about the value of health IT. Some, but not all, of their criticism is warranted.
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Accountable Care: IT Gets Us Only Halfway There
September 24, 2012 02:35 PM Accountable care organizations rely on software tools to deliver cost-effective care. But ACOs may be built on a shaky foundation.
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Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?
September 18, 2012 09:06 AM If the industry remains resistant to change, it will eventually render itself obsolete.
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Top 10 Healthcare IT Innovators For 2012
September 12, 2012 12:01 AM Among 10 IT teams transforming parts of the U.S. healthcare system, you'll find important lessons in innovation and persistence.
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Children's Medical Center Dallas Gets Social
September 12, 2012 12:01 AM Social network lets patients and their families share stories and support one another.
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Embraces Analytics
September 12, 2012 12:01 AM BIDMC, the No. 1 company in the InformationWeek 500, gives more clinicians access to faster queries.
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Atrius Health Champions Interoperability
September 10, 2012 08:00 AM This large Massachusetts group practice has made medical data exchange a top priority by establishing a centralized Web portal with area hospitals.
Bio
Paul Cerrato, Editor of InformationWeek Healthcare, has worked as a healthcare editor and writer for 30 years. Previously the Executive Editor of Contemporary OBGYN, he also served as senior editor of RN magazine and as executive editor of Advancing OBGYN, published by the Yale University School of Medicine. The winner of 6 Jesse Neal Editorial Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prize of business journalism, Paul has been extensively published in the business and medical literature, including Business and Health and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has also lectured at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Westchester Medical Center.
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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