Health Information Management

BIDMC Next to Pilot Google’s Healthcare Search Tool

April 13, 2021 - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) will participate in an early access program to pilot a healthcare-specific search tool from Google designed to offer clinicians a quick and easy view of patients’ medical records.  Nearly 50 physicians and nurses working in inpatient settings will assess the tool, called Care Studio, to ensure...


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UCI Health Implements Provider Information Management Platform

by Fred Donovan

California-based UCI Health has implemented a healthcare provider information management platform to keep its provider community informed about patient care. UCI Health opted to go with Phynd...

Nuance Takes Top Spot in Health Information Management Vendor Poll

by Fred Donovan

Nuance Communications has taken the top spot for end-to-end coding, computer-assisted coding (CAC), and health information management (HIM) solution vendors among inpatient hospitals and health system...

VHA’s Lax Health Information Management Created 5-Mile-High Backlog

by Fred Donovan

The Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) poor health information management of medical record scanning has produced a paper record backlog of 600,000 documents, or a stack of paper more...

IBM, Chainyard Launch Blockchain Network for Supply Chain Management

by Fred Donovan

IBM is teaming with Chainyard to launch a blockchain network to boost supply chain management for pharmaceutical companies, as well as firms in other industries. The new blockchain network, called...

GAO: IT System Issues Persist with VA’s Family Caregiver Program

by Fred Donovan

The Department of Veterans Affairs has repeatedly tried and failed to fix IT system problems with its Family Caregiver Program, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

Byrne Says Aging Health IT Infrastructure Complicates VA EHR Rollout

by Fred Donovan

James Byrne, acting deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), told a Senate panel that the aging health IT infrastructure at VA facilities might complicate implementation of his...

Organizations See 878% Health Data Growth Rate Since 2016

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare organizations have seen an explosive health data growth rate of 878 percent since 2016, reaching 8.41 petabytes (PB) on average in 2018, according statistics compiled by Dell EMC. The scale...

Information Explosion Makes Data Tracking in Healthcare Essential

by Fred Donovan

Data tracking has become increasingly important with the explosion of information in the healthcare environment. The benefits of tracking data are synchronizing large data sets generated by...

AMIA Backs NIH’s Plan to Revise Health Data Management Policy

by Fred Donovan

AMIA is supporting development of a new health data management and sharing policy for research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the group said in an Dec. 10 comment letter. The trade...

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...

Cardiac Clinical Workflow Frustration Grows with Structured Reporting

by Fred Donovan

The amount of data that cardiovascular clinicians deal with as part of their clinical workflow can be overwhelming. One way to get a handle on all that data is through structured reporting. Structured...

Machine Learning, Network Monitoring Top HIMSS 18 Releases

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

HIMSS18 is currently underway in Las Vegas and many vendors have released new health IT infrastructure focused solutions to help healthcare organizations transition more smoothly in their digital...

Healthcare Object Storage Supports Growing Unstructured Data

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Entities are looking into object storage as a way to store massive amounts of data on-premises, according to Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant report. For healthcare specifically, organizations are...

Successful Network Management Requires Visibility, Automation

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare organizations are introducing more devices and solutions into their health IT infrastructure architecture, which makes network management, visibility, and automation more important than...

Tape Storage Advancements Aid HIT Infrastructure Data Demands

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare organizations continue to store much of their data on tapes in the face of evolving cloud technology because it is easy to control and secure. Tape storage is also evolving as vendors...

Organizations Seek Automation for Health IT Infrastructure

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare organizations are digitizing their health IT infrastructure and many are looking to automate data processes to free up clinicians’ time. IBM and Automation Anywhere announced their...

Using Real-Time Analytics to Overcome Interoperability Issues

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare organizations are seeking real-time information by gaining a single, simplified view of patient data. However, organizations integrating disparate health data management systems can face...

Rural Hospital Chooses Commvault for Health Data Management

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (MCMH) announced its successful deployment of Commvault Data Platform to improve its health data management and establish itself in a broader role for the community...

Healthcare Network Management Crucial for Value-Based Care

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

The healthcare network management software market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6 percent as healthcare organizations continue to embrace virtualized infrastructure technology. With organizations...