Big Data Helps Walgreens Treat Walk-in Patients
Cloud-based electronic medical records and analytics systems give Walgreens health data to diagnose and treat patients at in-store clinics. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 30, 2014 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
HR software helps healthcare system improve talent management, cut costs
Healthcare is all about people -- not just the patients a hospital sees but, also, the professionals who take care of them. Those employees can be hard to manage, especially as healthcare models evolve. Before long, inefficiencies emerge and costs skyrocket. Learn how one hospital used human resources software to stop the proverbial bleeding. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 28, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
FTC takes action against alleged Obamacare spammer
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a website operator that allegedly sent spam intended to trick consumers into signing up for health insurance in advance of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 25, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Googly eyes: Smart contact lens would test glucose in diabetics' tears
Google started giving back today with an announcement on its official blog that it has begun testing on a smart contact lens. Yeah, you read that right: a smart contact lens. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 17, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov still has major security problems, experts say
HealthCare.gov remains riddled with security vulnerabilities and is ripe for ID theft three and a half months after its launch, two cybersecurity experts told U.S. lawmakers Thursday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 16, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Feds to dump CGI from Healthcare.gov project
The Obama Administration is set to fire CGI Federal as prime IT contractor of the problem-plagued Healthcare.gov website, a report says. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 11, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
U.S. lawmakers target HealthCare.gov in votes this week
The U.S. House of Representatives is moving toward votes on two bills intended to put a spotlight on the inner workings of HealthCare.gov, the health insurance shopping site recovering from a rocky rollout in late 2013. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 7, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Gadgets that can hear, track and watch to dominate CES
Wearable gadgets and "smart" devices that can see, track motion and record activities will be out in abundance at this year's International CES trade show. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 2, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The firm behind Healthcare.gov had top-notch credentials -- and it didn't help
CGI Federal, the lead contractor at Healthcare.gov, is a veritable black belt in software development, with the highest possible certification from CMMI. So what does the website's flawed rollout say about how useful CMMI is? (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The first 3D printed organ -- a liver -- is expected in 2014
Bio-printing companies and academics are finally having success keeping 3D printed human tissue alive long enough to use it for drug development and testing. It could be used for human implants someday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 26, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Former Microsoft exec to head HealthCare.gov effort
Kurt DelBene, the retired president of Microsoft's Office Division, will take over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' insurance shopping site, HealthCare.gov. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 17, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Security concerns about HealthCare.gov are overblown, Democrats say
Security concerns raised by Republican critics of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' botched rollout of HealthCare.gov have been overstated, according to a memo released Friday by two Democratic members of Congress. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 14, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Outdated IT contracting rules may have added to HealthCare.gov woes
Critics of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' botched deployment of HealthCare.gov can point to a series of management mistakes, but many observers point to a more systematic problem with government IT contracts. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
Politics collided with technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst among U.S. citizens and foreign governments and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 10, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Fixing Healthcare Requires Netflix-Like Disruption
Healthcare is broken. No one disputes that. No one lacks perspective on how to fix it, either. The challenge, though, is disrupting a system that makes more money treating sickness than it does preventing it. Technology and innovation can play a part, but so can flipping the entire care model on its head. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
