Most people see tech innovation as the key to better health
Most people believe tech innovation holds the best promise for curing fatal diseases and are confident they could administer their own tests, according to a new multinational survey. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE Healthcare CTO Says IT Needs to Embrace Mobile, Cloud to Remain Relevant
GE Healthcare CTO Nevin Zimmermann talks with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about mobile, cloud, big data and more. Zimmermann also discusses how his team is evolving and why CIOs must embrace technology changes. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov shows government incompetence, Republican critics say
A congressional hearing Wednesday on the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov was largely a forum for Republican critics of U.S. government involvement in the health-care industry and other large social programs. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov deploys new queuing feature on busy Monday
HealthCare.gov, the U.S. government's insurance-shopping website, had to deploy a user queuing feature Monday because of heavy traffic, just days after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the troubled site was working well for a majority of users. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Feds say HealthCare.gov is fixed, tout 'night and day' difference in access
HealthCare.gov, the troubled insurance-shopping website launched in October by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is now working well for most users, officials said Sunday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - December 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov to double capacity by end of month
HealthCare.gov, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' troubled insurance-shopping website, will double its user capacity by the end of the month in an effort to eliminate sluggish response times when thousands of people are on the site at the same time, officials said. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
3D printing community rallies to create $5 hand for kid
A congenital birth defect left Leon McCarthy without fingers on his left hand. A very expensive custom-designed prosthetic was out of the question, but 3D printing allowed them to create one for about $5 in materials. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
How IT found savings by tackling (instead of cringing at) photocopiers
Say the word 'photocopier,' and most IT leaders have visions of skilled workers wasting time undoing paper jams. But for Karl Collins, vice president of technical services and infrastructure at SavaSeniorCare, IT's newfound ownership of enterprise-wide photocopiers has yielded $739,000 annual savings and increased visibility among executives. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
Smart glasses let nurses see veins through skin
Epson and Evena today unveiled their Eyes-On Glasses System, which enables nurses to see a patient's vasculature system to help locate hard-to-find veins beneath the skin. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
6 Software Development Lessons From Healthcare.gov's Failed Launch
"I spent $174 million on a website and all I got was this bad press." (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 18, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov error rates going down, consultant says
The technology team working on the troubled HealthCare.gov has made significant progress in recent days, with error rates on the U.S. government's health insurance shopping site down to less than 1% from 6% just after its launch, officials said Friday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Congress wants to know: Who the blank is responsible for healthcare.gov mess?
A House committee met with an all-star federal CIO panel Wednesday for answers about Healthcare.gov's recent problems. More importantly, it seemed as though the committee wanted someone to blame. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 14, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov enrollments just 27,000 in first month
More than 106,000 U.S. residents have selected health insurance plans, but only 27,000 did so through the flawed HealthCare.gov, during the first month of enrollment through the U.S. government's Affordable Care Act. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Lawmakers: HealthCare.gov security warnings came before launch
Top IT officials from U.S. President Barack Obama's administration insisted HealthCare.gov is as secure as possible, despite questions raised from inside the government before the flawed website's launch. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov's problems: What we know so far
More than a month after it went live, a couple of large questions remain about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' botched launch of HealthCare.gov. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
