Officials expect HealthCare.gov problems to end by Nov. 30
HealthCare.gov, the malfunctioning insurance-shopping website at the heart of the controversial Obamacare program, should be running smoothly for the vast majority of users by the end of November, about two months after its launch, officials said. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Healthcare.gov may be a 'black swan'
Despite partisan sniping over the Affordable Care Act, members of a U.S. House committee probing the problems at Healthcare.gov Thursday asked some tough, IT-specific questions that revealed some key facts. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
HealthCare.gov needed more pre-launch testing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took too little time testing how the many components of the troubled HealthCare.gov worked together before rolling out the insurance marketplace, contractors involved in the project said Thursday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Verizon launches cloud for sharing data from patient remote monitoring devices
Verizon announced the launch of its Converged Health Management service, which stores data from patient remote monitoring devices to be shared with clinicians. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses
Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review of publicly available information has found. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Researchers use nanotech to battle cancer
Two universities this week announced that researchers in the schools have made advances in fighting cancer by using nanotechnology. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Healthcare.gov website 'didn't have a chance in hell'
A majority of large IT projects fail to meet deadlines, go over budgets and don't make their users happy. Such is the case with Healthcare.gov. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 21, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Obamacare website issues will be fixed, president promises
More than a half million U.S. residents have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act despite ongoing problems with HealthCare.gov, one of the main ways to shop for the new health plans, President Obama said Monday. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 21, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Ailing Obamacare site to get a 'tech surge'
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is boosting the IT trauma team giving urgent care to the Obamacare website, which has badly malfunctioned since its launch almost three weeks ago. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
U.S. still lacks Obamacare website enrollment numbers
More than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama's administration launched a website allowing uninsured U.S. residents to sign up for health coverage, officials still aren't releasing the numbers of people who have successfully navigated the error-prone process. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 18, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Hospital CIO Leads Effort To Train Veterans For IT Jobs
An innovative program at Rush University Medical Center will support returning veterans by helping them find careers in the IT field. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Obamacare portal suffers from common e-health government disorders
The U.S. government's healthcare portal is under emergency care, afflicted by ailments that have sickened many government IT health systems worldwide. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 14, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
How to get a job in healthcare IT
With demand increasing for IT practitioners in healthcare, can tech pros in other industries switch niches? Healthcare IT practitioners offer advice on what you need to make a move. (Registration required.) (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 13, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: IDG Insider Source Type: news
Will Government Shutdown Boost Private IT Hiring?
With the government closed for business, private-sector firms should consider poaching public-sector IT talent to fill open tech positions. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Millions flood healthcare insurance sites as feds grapple with glitches
As Obamacares health insurance exchange opened for enrollment today, state and federal sites providing the service were inundated with requests, ultimately leading to slowdowns or outages. (Source: Computerworld Health Care News)
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - October 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
