Predictive technology expanding reach
As healthcare shifts from being reactive to proactive, information technology is taking that move a step further through intuitive apps and programs that anticipate patient problems before they happen. In same vein as predictive modeling for population health, predictive technology is appearing as wearable sensors and even phone apps to ascertain changes in a patient's vitals, routines and even moods.
Population Health
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 25, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Andrews Tags: Online Only Medical Devices Mobile Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news
Health IT outsourcing: a rising priority
Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of health systems with more than 300 beds -- and 81 percent of providers with fewer than 300 beds -- are shifting their focus to IT outsourcing for development and complex infrastructure services.
Black Book Research surveyed 1,030 hospital CIOs and IT leaders and 243 CFOs and financial executives from 266 hospitals and the business managers from 1,400 outpatient, alternative care and physician practices for their insights on technology and outsourcing services options.
Workflow
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Analytics Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network Infrastructure Workflow Source Type: news
Dell launches new cloud analytics tools
As more than 50,000 medical professional prepare to head to Chicago for RSNA next week, Dell has unveiled new imaging and analytics tools built on partnerships with two other technology firms.
[See also: Dell buys EMC in $67B mega merger]
Imaging
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Analytics Business Intelligence Clinical Cloud Computing Imaging Source Type: news
Epocrates pulls plug on Bugs + Drugs
Epocrates, an athenahealth subsidiary, pulled its Bugs + Drugs app from the App Store this past week, two years after the free mobile tool was found by physician reviewers at the iMedicalApps review site to be rife with errors.
Mobile
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Online Only Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Mobile Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news
Cerner, InterSystems dominate overseas health IT markets
Even though much of what CIOs and IT departments hear about electronic health record adoption is about providers in the U.S., adoption rates are increasing in many other countries and the market landscape looks somewhat different.
Electronic Health Records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Interoperability Source Type: news
USDA increases rural telehealth funding
U.S. Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, announced the expansion of the USDA Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program with $23.4 million in additional funding for 75 new projects in 31 states.
Grants may be used to purchase telemedicine educational tools, equipment and services in rural areas, and are contingent upon each recipient meeting the grant agreement terms.
[See also: USDA grants to support telemedicine in rural areas]
Telehealth
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Mobile Policy and Legislation Population Health Telehealth Workforce Source Type: news
Passion is the midi-chlorian particle for a health IT Jedi
Passion makes a health IT Jedi
What does it take to become a health IT Jedi? Do you have to have some special skill? Is there some genetically contributed factor, some health IT midi-chlorian particle that you need large quantities of to really succeed?
I think not. The critical factors are, I think, in this order:
Passion
Opportunity
Persistence
Passion
Workforce
Passion is the midi-chlorian particle for a health IT Jedi
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 24, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Keith W. Boone Tags: Business Intelligence Workforce Source Type: news
Can your hospital benefit from e-prescribing?
Can your hospital benefit from eRx?
Patient Engagement
Can your hospital benefit from e-prescribing?
On the face of it, the use of computers to order prescriptions seems like a no-brainer. Who, after all, is capable of reading a physician's handwriting? But if we set aside clichés, there is still this question: Does e-prescribing provide distinct benefits over handwritten patient prescriptions?
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: D'Arcy Gue Tags: Electronic Health Records Patient Engagement Pharmacy Source Type: news
Greenway embeds CommonWell functionality
"At Greenway Health, we don't believe in barriers to clinical data," said Greenway CEO Tee Green in a press statement. "Innovative partnerships like CommonWell are one way we enable the secure data flow that leads to connected care and, ultimately, better health outcomes. The Alliance gives our customers and other participants a more secure way to gain a more comprehensive view of the patient's health history, regardless of the point of care or what information system was used.
Interoperability
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Workflow Source Type: news
Susquehanna Health sees success with EHR integration
In theory, EHR integration can positively impact population health when analytics are applied to help translate raw data into actionable change. While most healthcare systems are moving in this direction, many are still striving to more to effectively utilize their data.
Analytics
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Analytics Electronic Health Records Interoperability Network Infrastructure Population Health Source Type: news
DoD on interoperability requirements: mission accomplished
In a letter to the U.S.
Interoperability
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 23, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Compliance & Legal Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Advice for better security? User-friendly systems
Recent security breaches, especially in healthcare, have put the spotlight on major companies to be diligent on revamping systems to prevent data theft.
But the problem is that the systems aren't designed with the user in mind and are too difficult for the average user to navigate.
"Humans are the weak point, but you design systems that are hard to use," Jennifer Golbeck, associate professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, told Healthcare IT News.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Cloud Computing Electronic Health Records Mobile Network Infrastructure Privacy & Security Source Type: news
Secret to security best practices: incentivize
The view that cybersecurity is purely a technical, engineering challenge is a shortsighted one, and that is repeatedly proven by breaches that confound CIOs who thought their healthcare organization was safe from hackers.
Recently, that view is being replaced by the recognition that security challenges are less technical than human-oriented, pointing to the behavior of organizations trying to defend themselves.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Privacy & Security Source Type: news
Medtronic enables pacemaker monitoring by smartphone
The new MyCareLink Smart Monitor from Medtronic, just approved by the FDA, enables patients with implantable pacemakers to use their smartphones to transmit secure data from their pacemakers to their physicians.
The MyCareLink app is available for free on Android and Apple platforms and works in tandem with a physician-prescribed portable device reader.
Medical Devices
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Interoperability Medical Devices Mobile Patient Engagement Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Healthcare in 2016: consumer-driven
Over the next five years technology has the "ability to change the marketplace," with three major trends: convergent technology redefining what's possible in healthcare, the invasion of consumer technology and the big question of whether the consumer will use it. No one wins unless the consumer wins.
During their 2016 Health Predictions Webinar this week, hosts Welltok CEO Jeff Margolis and Tom Main, founder of the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center, discussed the "birth of a new marketplace."
Patient Engagement
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Analytics Electronic Health Records Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: news
