By Gopal Khanna – Can you imagine a world with unlimited access to the data that users need? I posed this question recently to an impressive audience of Federal, State, and local policymakers, researchers, health experts and entrepreneurs.
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By Buff Colchagoff – It’s no secret that breaking down the barriers of health data interoperability is a major challenge in the healthcare arena, which will certainly be a major discussion topic at HIMSS 2018.
By Rita Bowen – As we enter 2018, HIM and compliance professionals have the opportunity to reflect on healthcare privacy and security in 2017, look at lessons learned, and make predictions as to what’s next.
In his address at the American Medical Association Interim Meeting, AMA CEO James L. Madara, M.D., outlined the challenges and opportunities present in health data today and the revolutionary opportunity to improve patient care.
By Gopal Khanna MBA – Health care is constantly evolving. The business of improving people’s health has spawned what sometimes feels like an infinite stream of new technologies, ground-breaking treatments, and innovative models of care.
By Morris Panner – Artificial intelligence (AI) is the future of medicine. Facebook uses AI to suggest friends’ faces to tag in a photo; Spotify to suggest your perfect playlist. Healthcare is far behind, but catching up.
By Steven Posnack – Health data often travels a long distance before it gets to its final destination. Additionally, data can be represented in a number of different ways.
By Brian Levy MD – There is a lot of discussion about “clean” data today in healthcare. Recent movements with health IT, interoperability and data exchange hold great promise in fueling the high-level analytics.
By Sam Wehbe – The amount of health data is staggering and becoming more so on a daily basis. Today, 30 percent of all data storage worldwide is health data, according to a 2012 study by the Ponemon Institute.