By Jared Crapo – I spend a lot of time talking to healthcare organizations about analytics and the practical uses of implementing an analytics adoption model. Oftentimes, though, these discussions turn to other related topics, such as data warehousing, dashboards, natural language processing, Hadoop, population health, meaningful use reporting, predictive modeling, and lots of stuff in between.
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That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day. Why give your doctors permission to…
By Kathryn Williamson – Implementing a new patient management system is a huge investment in terms of time and dollars. It can also be very stressful on all involved. Changes in the healthcare climate often contribute to an organization’s decision to implement a new system in an effort to meet current and future healthcare mandates.
Who doesn’t like a good list? Weather you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
By Terry Edwards – Healthcare is undergoing a wave of consumerization. Changing regulations are requiring patients to contribute more financially toward their own care, turning them into true healthcare consumers and motivating them to make more careful and informed decisions.
Who doesn’t like a good list? Weather you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to…
HIMSS15 will be in Chicago this year for a week of dynamic education, networking and the latest technology solutions. The theme is transforming health – through the power of information – through innovation, engagement, leadership, connectivity and more. Here are more interoperability events to attend.
Epic is set to open its own app store for mobile applications that can work with the vendor’s EHR platform. The news was first reported by the Wisconsin State Journal. According to the article. The Epic app store will launch in a few weeks.
By Kelley Sullivan – The Internet of Things, the idea that everything will someday be totally connected, is no longer a Jetson’s era fantasy. It’s becoming closer to a reality in healthcare. We’ve discussed IoT in healthcare and what its impact could be, but what would that look like? How can healthcare be ready for this total connectivity?