healthcare: Clinical Information Systems
What Two Healthcare Visionaries Get Right And Wrong
Personalized medicine will become reality, but why do we think technology will motivate people to start taking care of their own health?
Boston Hospital CIO Reflects After Bombing
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka blogs on risk planning and data sharing in wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.
As Innovation Competitions Grow, Prize Money Shrinks
Latest crowdsourced contests aim to attract data scientists with $100,000 prizes -- not yesterday's millions.
5 Underrated Healthcare Trends From A Top CIO
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CIO Dan Drawbaugh shares his thoughts about what the next health IT opportunities will be.
Technology Alone Isn't Healthcare's Savior
Anyone who deploys tech "solutions" without reconsidering workflows and policies -- and doing other heavy lifting -- is in for a rude awakening.
IBM's Watson Could Be Healthcare Game Changer
IBM's cognitive computing technology moves past Jeopardy and into serious healthcare challenges, including cancer treatment. IBM's rivals seem...
Online Consults Increasing, Despite Physicians' Concerns
New primary care model gains momentum as payers see cost-cutting potential and consumers demand better service.
Healthcare IT: Savior Or Sinkhole?
Latest RAND report suggests we might be throwing taxpayer dollars away on EHRs and other healthcare IT systems.
Safety, Technology, Anger And Hope
America's patient safety record is a source of embarrassment that angers both clinicians and patients. The right IT tools can help mitigate the...
National Health Information Exchange: Why The Delay?
Hurricane Sandy took many lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. But so does a healthcare system that still refuses to embrace...
Big Data Analytics: Where's The ROI?
Not everyone is impressed with the latest health IT megatrend. At least one prominent critic says payment reform should take precedence.
IBM Watson Finally Graduates Medical School
Partnership with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center suggests IBM's supercomputer is ready to help oncologists manage their most challenging cases.
Is IT Innovation Driving Physicians Out The Door?
Recent health IT initiatives are forcing many frustrated clinicians to take early retirement. IT leaders need to realize that our national...
Accountable Care: IT Gets Us Only Halfway There
Accountable care organizations rely on software tools to deliver cost-effective care. But ACOs may be built on a shaky foundation.
Atrius Health Champions Interoperability
This large Massachusetts group practice has made medical data exchange a top priority by establishing a centralized Web portal with area hospitals.
5 Trends Will Reshape Health IT In 2013
Look for growth in mobile health, telemedicine, clinical analytics, and personal health records—and an EHR vendor shakeout.
Health IT's Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Innovative approach to medical data analysis can yield new treatment options at a lower cost.
Population Health Management: We'll Get There
Getting providers and IT leaders to think in terms of population health, not just about the patient in the office, is challenging but doable.
Is Population Health Management Latest Health IT Fad?
Several thought leaders are pushing the PHM approach to healthcare, but we need more sophisticated EHRs and clinical analytics systems to make it...
When Medical Informatics Clashes With Medical Culture
What's the sense of having IT systems in place that can help cut medical costs if physicians ignore the price tag of the care they provide?
Personalized Medicine Will Transform Healthcare
As healthcare providers incorporate deep analytics and advanced clinical decision support into everyday practice, they'll turn standardized...
How To Break Into Healthcare IT
University degrees and certificate training both are valuable, but you must think strategically when choosing between them.
Obamacare Victory Spells More Work For Healthcare CIOs
CIOs and CMIOs can expect many more sleepless nights now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act.
When Data Is A Matter Of Life Or Death
Healthcare analytics startup offers insights into how to develop the numbers when it counts for everything.
When Smart Mobile Technology Meets Good Science
Tablets, smartphones, and mobile apps have the potential to improve patient care--but without quality clinical research to back them up, you may...
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Tool Forecasts Remote Patient Monitoring ROI
June 17, 2013Web-based program forecasted a positive return on investment in remote monitoring for all five California healthcare groups who tested it.
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GE Healthcare To Plow $2B Into Software Development
June 13, 2013Company sees waste and low productivity in healthcare as opportunity for technology solutions.
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What Two Healthcare Visionaries Get Right And Wrong
June 11, 2013Personalized medicine will become reality, but why do we think technology will motivate people to start taking care of their own health?
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More Mobile EHRs Add Speech Recognition
June 10, 2013Third-party interfaces to iPad native applications allow more EHR vendors to voice-enable their products.
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HIE Participation Doesn't Create Test Savings, Study Says
June 03, 2013Physicians in Colorado HIE ordered fewer lab tests and the same number of imaging tests, but costs remained constant.
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ONC Steps Up MU Stage 2 Preparation
May 29, 2013Agency releases interoperability guidelines, launches training modules to help providers meet criteria for information exchange.
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Health Plans Seek EHR Data For New Payment Models
May 14, 2013As value-based payments take hold, insurers aim to access EHR clinical data and move to automated, real-time information exchange.
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HL7 Preps Healthcare Clinical Messaging Standard
May 13, 2013Framework aims to simplify writing interfaces between healthcare information systems, help researchers gather clinical data from EHRs.
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20 Health IT Leaders Who Are Driving Change
May 13, 2013Innovation is tough amid today's regulatory checklists. These leaders are getting it done.
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University of Kentucky HealthCare Revamps Order Sets
May 07, 2013Kentucky health system beta-tests Elsevier authoring tool as it streamlines a decade of CPOE history.
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