Analytics Infrastructure

First U.S. Smart Medical District Upgrades IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

The Illinois Medical District and IGNITE CITIES, a tech consulting firm specializing in smart cities, have launched the first smart medical district in the United States designed to improve patient...

Health Data Archiving Provides Financial Gains to Organizations

by Fred Donovan

A full 85 percent of organizations who have retired legacy IT systems and opted for health data archiving report positive financial impacts, according to KLAS Research.   As a result, the...

Upgrading Health IT Infrastructure Top Challenge for Healthcare

by Fred Donovan

Upgrading health IT infrastructure was cited as among the top challenges facing healthcare executives in 2019. On behalf of SAP, Porter Research polled 100 healthcare CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs from...

Investment Needed in Health IT Infrastructure for VA EHR Program

by Fred Donovan

Aging healthcare IT infrastructure at VA facilities requires more investment in preparation for deployment of new VA EHR platform, VA General Counsel and Acting Deputy Secretary James Byrne told a...

HHS Warns Health IT Infrastructure Could Put Patient Data At Risk

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare’s increasing dependence on interconnected health IT infrastructure, such as electronic health records and connected medical devices, could put sensitive patient data at risk, warned...

Healthcare IT Segment Makes Up Half of Industry M&A Volume

by Fred Donovan

The Healthcare IT segment accounted for about one-half of the healthcare and pharmaceutical IT industry’s aggregate volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) last year, according to a new...

Healthcare IT Spending Priorities Include Big Data Analytics, AI

by Fred Donovan

Top IT spending priorities for healthcare executives are accelerating digital transformation, investing in big data analytics and artificial intelligence, and modernizing IT infrastructure,...

Senator Criticizes Cuts to VA Health IT Infrastructure Budget

by Fred Donovan

Proposed budget cuts to IT projects could undercut healthcare IT infrastructure modernization requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a key senator is warning. In a Jan. 11 letter...

ONC Urges Progress in Upgrading US Health IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

Collaboration and innovation are vital to progress in upgrading the US health IT infrastructure, said ONC in its annual report to Congress. The report backed full support for implementing the...

Healthcare Big Data Analytics Market to See 22% CAGR Through 2023

by Fred Donovan

The healthcare big data analytics market is forecast by P&S Market Research to experience a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22 percent, reaching a market value of $22.7 billion by...

Consumers, AI Will Challenge Health IT Infrastructure Leaders in 2019

by Fred Donovan

As part of the healthcare industry’s ongoing transformation, health IT infrastructure is undergoing rapid change. Seamless, future-proof health IT infrastructure development will become increasingly important as the use of...

Global Healthcare IT Market to Increase at 8% CAGR to 2022

by Fred Donovan

Global healthcare IT market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 8 percent, reaching $206 billion by 2022, according to a market report by Technavio. The growth will be fueled by the need...

Institutional Investors to Pump $200B More Into Healthcare Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

Global institutional investors are forecast to increase their investment in healthcare infrastructure by $200 billion over the next five years. For its report, the Octopus Group surveyed more than 100...

US Gov’t Report Says Health IT Infrastructure Impedes Competition

by Fred Donovan

Health IT infrastructure often facilitates anticompetitive practices in healthcare, such as blocking clinical information exchange between providers or not supporting regional information sharing,...

Global Healthcare IT Outsourcing Market To Reach $61B by 2023

by Fred Donovan

The global healthcare IT outsourcing market is forecast to reach $61.2 billion by 2023, according to the latest report by Transparency Market Research. Demand for healthcare IT outsourcing services is...

Implementing 21st Century Cures Act Preoccupies ONC’s Work

by Fred Donovan

The work of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is dominated by implementing the 21st Century Cures Act, particularly in the areas of reducing provider...

HHS Aims to Reduce Burden of Cumbersome Health IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

HHS has issued a draft strategy designed to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens, which can make health IT infrastructure, such as electronic health records (EHR), cumbersome to...

Healthcare CIOs’ Power over IT Purchasing Decisions in Free Fall

by Fred Donovan

The power of healthcare CIOs over the IT purchasing decisions of their organizations has virtually evaporated, according to a newly released survey by Black Book Research. Three years ago,...

Healthcare Blockchain Could Solve Industry’s Biggest Problems

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare blockchain could solve some of the biggest problems in healthcare, such as compliance, interoperability, and data security issues, according to a recent study by CB Insights. The...

New Healthcare Blockchain Effort to Ease Credentialing Burden

by Fred Donovan

A new healthcare blockchain initiative has been launched to help ease the administrative burden of professional credentialing, a process that can require four to six months to complete. The...