Big Data Surge From Federal Agencies Will Drive Health IT
Department of Health and Human Services unleashes new structured data sets as it encourages the developer community to build new health IT applications to improve patient care. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Healthcare's Accountable Care Organizations Face Daunting IT Task, Deadlines
Outlined in the Affordable Care Act, the ACO model aims to link hospitals, physician networks, acute care facilities and other organizations in an effort to provide more coordinated care that in turn reduces costs. But ACOs must address four key IT challenges before a strict government deadlines impose financial penalties. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Hospitals use cameras, sensor tags to track hand washing
With nightmarish superbugs threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers, hospitals are using video cameras and wearable sensors to track who is and who isn't washing their hands before they touch a patient. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - June 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Meaningful Use, 3D Imaging Drive Health Data Storage Demand
Healthcare providers are under siege by massive amounts of data. This is forcing the industry to upgrade its aging storage infrastructures, architectures and systems. Where that data is being stored may come as a surprise. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Mobile, Modular EHR Help eClinicalWorks Put Patients First
Healthcare is rapidly moving toward a patient-centric care model, says Girish Kumar Navani, CEO of electronic health record software vendor eClinicalWorks. To meet this demand, EHR systems ought to be mobile, modular and easy to use, he tells CIO.com. Patients, meanwhile, need an experience that reminds them of online banking. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
7 Healthcare IT Roles That Are Transforming Tech Careers
Healthcare IT is becoming one of the fastest growing areas in the job market as health service providers rush to get compliant and adopt new technologies. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Larry Page wants to see your medical records
A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Feds look to make health data more user-friendly to tech developers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants health tech developers in Silicon Valley to make greater use of its data to help make advances in the field and aid entrepreneurs in the region. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost U.S. hospitals $8.3B a year
HIPAA, along with outmoded communications technology, reduces the time available for patient care, according to a new survey of healthcare professionals. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 10, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The Grill: James Turnbull driving change in healthcare IT
Jim Turnbull, CIO at University of Utah Health Care, says mobile technology as the next big opportunity for getting patients more involved in managing their healthcare. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - May 6, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Box sets its sights on healthcare customers
Box is taking steps to increase usage of its cloud storage and file sharing system in the health care industry, where it sees a demand for tools that simplify content collaboration. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 27, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
How big data will save your life
Big data analytics is creating a world where doctors will eventually be able to do a Google-like query on a patients illness and instantly discover how 100,000 other doctors treated their patients. It's also driving new treatments through genomic profiling. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
6 Big Data Analytics Use Cases for Healthcare IT
Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
5 lessons for IT from the Boston Marathon bombings
The CIO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center learned a few things last week. Insider (registration required) (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
Hospital opts for Wi-Fi over GPS in smartphone navigation app
Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families find their way around the medical center. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
