Partners for better healthcare through innovative use of IT
As my plane touched down at LAX last Friday a sense of Déjà vu rushed over me. I must have made that trip from Seattle to Los Angeles nearly five hundred times over my lifetime. Most of those round trips occurred during the decade that I hosted Physician...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - October 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Why accessible technology matters…… to all of us
What does the word accessible mean to you? You may first think of the word available . Something that is accessible is available, or perhaps within reach for you to use. However, just because something is available doesn’t necessarily mean it is accessible...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - October 2, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
AirStrip and Microsoft team up to offer first and only Windows 8.1 mobile device cardiac care solution
Mobile health care leader AirStrip has announced the launch of AirStripOne Cardiology , the first and only mobile cardiac care solution to operate on all Windows 8.1 devices, including Microsoft Surface tablets. The announcement was made at the start...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - September 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Dermatology apps on a smartphone are no substitute for seeing your doctor
I’m compelled to use this platform to sound an alarm and draw added attention to something that has been of great concern to me personally. Today, CBS News published an article that reviews the accuracy of a growing number of smartphone apps that are...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - September 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
How to measure what we cannot see in healthcare
These days it seems that everyone in healthcare is buzzing about big data and analytics, and no wonder. Transforming, if not reimagining, healthcare is going to take everything we’ve got. Achieving the triple aim of higher quality, better access and lower...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - September 25, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
What’s not to like about saving money and using cool new devices in healthcare?
Last week I conducted an executive briefing for the CTO of a very large, multi-hospital system based in Asia-Pacific. I won’t reveal the CTO’s name or his company out of courtesy, but I will share something he said to me. He told me that by moving all...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - September 23, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Transforming the Experience and Delivery of Health Care at the Mayo Clinic
Although I have been to the Minneapolis area many times over the years to meet with Microsoft customers and partners, until yesterday I had never made it down to Rochester to visit the world famous Mayo Clinic . This was a special treat for me since I...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - September 5, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Clinical documentation—don’t underestimate the power of the pen
“The pen is mightier than the sword”, or so wrote author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy . To that I might now add, the pen (or rather the stylus) is mightier than the keyboard especially for discrete, form-based...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 26, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Business intelligence and health analytics for the rest of us
Business intelligence and clinical analytics (especially predictive analytics) are hot topics in hospital and clinic executive suites these days. And yes, I know these are also topics that cause eyes to glaze over for many of us who work in healthcare...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 21, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Opportunity knocks for healthcare delivery. Who will answer the door?
As the US economy improves and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) begins to actually provide people with health insurance, experts are predicting a barrage of newly insured individuals to hit the healthcare system. Many pundits are expecting a bit of...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 20, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Your health insurance is Medicare? I’m sorry, the doctor won’t see you now.
Although I’m still working and not yet at an age when Medicare comes into play, I have great concerns about the increasing number of physicians who are opting out of the Medicare program. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal states that according...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 14, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Entering a new era for clinical computing and patient engagement
I distinctly remember the day everything changed. I entered one of my exam rooms to see a new patient. She greeted me with a handful of pages she had printed off the Internet. By plugging her symptoms into a search engine, she had identified (or so she...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 8, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Good communication is crucial to physician and patient satisfaction
It’s no surprise that good communication with clinical staff is a significant attribute for patient satisfaction. Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of an open and honest dialogue between clinicians and their patients. Not only is this a...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - August 5, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Irish eyes are smiling over unified communications at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
How would you handle coordination, collaboration and communication across a health network of more than 100 physical locations with a staff of 20,000? That was the challenge for the six organizations that make up the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - July 31, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
The HIPAA Data Breach. Don’t let this happen to you.
It can happen so quickly . A laptop goes missing. A thumb drive gets lost. Hard drives or tapes meant for recycling disappear on their way to processing. And then perhaps the most seemingly innocuous of all, your employees or members of your medical staff...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - July 29, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
