Is Healthcare IT Interoperability (Almost) Here?
This year's Health Information and Managements Systems Society's HIMSS13 conference began with a shocker: The announcement that five leading electronic health record (EHR) vendors were forming a group called the CommonWell Health Alliance that would promote "seamless interoperability" of healthcare data. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 18, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
12 Ways to Improve the Healthcare User Experience
Technology is a great way to engage patients in managing their health, but poor design--whether it's a bad interface or an app that doesn't meet patients' needs--often stands in the way. These 12 tips will help designers and developers improve the user experience for patients who want to improve their health. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Video conferencing helps tuberculosis patients
Vivid Solutions has rolled out a pilot to trial videophones in the home to meet the World Health Organisation requirement that sufferers of tuberculosis - a highly communicable disease - must be observed taking their medication. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 10, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Miami hospital turns to Wi-Fi triangulation for smartphone mapping app
Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families navigate through the center. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Health-IT early adopters well-poised for big-data advances in clinical medicine
Nearly a decade after research firms predicted major cost savings and clinical benefits from the use of health-IT, adoption rates among U.S. medical providers remain sluggish, with the industry slow to embrace the big-data movement. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - April 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health data
WebMD and Qualcomm Life are collaborating on a cloud offering that will allow consumers with mobile health monitoring devices to sync their data to the cloud, where it can be shared with healthcare providers. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - March 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
House to meet on regulating mobile health apps
A House committee this week is meeting to determine whether regulations, including a possible tax on mobile health apps may stifle innovation in healthcare. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - March 18, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Xerox CEO to CIOs: We'll take your mess and make it beautiful
Top exec Ursula Burns outlines Xerox's widening portfolio of IT, business process and document outsourcing services. Insider (registration required) (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - March 18, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
Cloud Computing Leads to Competitive Advantage for Healthcare Firm
A healthcare CIO moves aggressively to cloud computing so the IT staff is freed up to focus on IT innovations that advance the company's core mission. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 27, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
Premier 100 IT Leader: Kathleen Scheirman
This IT leader helped replace myriad accounting and supply chain management systems with a standard, integrated platform. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
St Teresa's Hospital: IT budget to grow more than 20%
Demand for services and the need to ensure patient safety drive IT spending at St Teresa's Hospital. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
6 Innovations That Will Change Healthcare
When economists, data scientists and medical professionals team up, the result is often remarkable innovation. These six examples from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Future of Health and Wellness Conference could change the way patients interact with hospitals, physicians and each other. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 19, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
AI found better than doctors at diagnosing, treating patients
New research by Indiana University shows using artificial intelligence to understand and predict the outcomes of medical treatment could reduce healthcare costs by more than 50% while also improving patient outcomes by nearly the same amount. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Regulations and the cloud: HIPAA modification provides clarity
Changes to the regulations should make it easier for cloud clients and vendors to understand their responsibilities. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 12, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
IBM supercomputer takes on new role in health arena
IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - February 10, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
