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Digital Business Requires Dose Of Humility
The payoffs and opportunities are far from clear.
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?
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.
Allscripts' dbMotion Deal Speaks To Larger Trend
Healthcare and other companies will have to push more development of the technology they'll need for the challenges ahead.
HIMSS: Should Healthcare Be More Like Airline Industry?
Such a comparison says not only that the healthcare industry must change, but also that those changes will be dramatic and gut wrenching.
Online Consults Increasing, Despite Physicians' Concerns
New primary care model gains momentum as payers see cost-cutting potential and consumers demand better service.
Innovation In Spotlight, But Wrong Cast?
Boston Consulting Group shines a klieg light on innovation, but lots of leading companies and industries go unnoticed.
Halamka Knows Perils And Promise Of Healthcare BYOD
One of the nation's top healthcare CIOs discusses Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's $200K project to secure personal devices used for work.
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.
When Incremental IT Change Won't Cut It
For Indian pharma company Cipla and its new CIO, IT transformation is all or nothing.
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.
Patient Engagement: One Secret To True Healthcare Reform
Genuine healthcare reform can't happen until facilities and doctors get patients more involved in their own care. To do that, patients need fast...
EHR Savings Debate Grows
Credible sources are raising serious concerns about the value of health IT. Some, but not all, of their criticism is warranted.
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.
Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?
If the industry remains resistant to change, it will eventually render itself obsolete.
Medication Alert Fatigue Is Curable
Medication alerts are supposed to ensure patient safety, but clinicians ignore them when bombarded with too many. This dilemma needs to be solved.
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.
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.
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.
Health IT Can Learn From Past Screw-Ups
U.S. healthcare system will remain broken unless we redesign our tools and rethink our mindset.
Health IT Faces Eventful Summer
Supreme Court's upcoming decision on healthcare reform and feds' Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rules add up to a heated summer for healthcare IT execs.
How To Improve Communication Between Clinicians
Although mandated to communicate better with patients, some healthcare providers also are looking for tech tools that get info to staff faster.
Stage 2 EHRs Require Meaningful Patient Engagement
Many of the government’s proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria for e- health records won't be easy to meet. Here's how providers are meeting...
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Digital Business Requires Dose Of Humility
June 17, 2013The payoffs and opportunities are far from clear.
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State CIOs Make Progress On Health IT
June 11, 2013Health information exchanges, Medicaid and insurance marketplaces are some of the issues facing IT chiefs in state government.
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EHR Association Launches Developer Code Of Conduct
June 11, 2013Industry leaders praise voluntary code as move in the right direction. However, some of the code's fine print is not so inspiring.
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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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CIO Profiles: Randall Spratt Of McKesson
June 10, 2013Healthcare apps have potential, but they’re not living up to it yet, this tech chief says.
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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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CIO Tough Love: Agility Demands Increasing
May 23, 2013IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said...
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Doximity Branches Into CME With Cleveland Clinic
May 22, 2013Professional network will give continuing medical education points to doctors for care-related literature searches and discussions with colleagues.
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Healthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer
May 17, 2013Hopkins physician Jay Sanders, known as the father of telemedicine, says emphasis should be on changing patient behavior.
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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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