EHR Adoption

Improved Patient Care Focus in Google, Tableau Collaboration

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) announced that it is using Tableau Software and Google Cloud Platform to analyze patient data and improve patient care. The healthcare organization...

Cloud Information Management Systems Aid HIT Infrastructure

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Information management systems have become a staple for HIT infrastructure as organizations have shifted from paper records to electronic health records (EHRs). The increase in government initiatives...

Health IT Infrastructure Sees Growth in Cognitive Computing

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

As healthcare organizations explore the future of big data analytics, cognitive computing presents a viable addition to health IT infrastructure to assist organizations in processing the structured and...

Seacoast Health Implements New Medical Device Integration Solution

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Southcoast Health has improved their health IT infrastrastructure by deploying Excel Medical’s BedComm platform to facilitate medical device data integration between the organization’s...

Value-Based Care Revives Interest in Healthcare ERPs

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Healthcare organizations have shown a renewed interest in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems as value-based care initiatives become a priority for C-level executives. According to a survey...

Dell EMC Releases ECM Platform for Virtual IT Infrastructure

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Dell EMC has announced their latest version of their enterprise content management platform, Documentum 7.3. Dell EMC’s latest platform aims to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) by...

NETSCOUT to Support HL7 Health IT Standards with nGeniusONE

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

NETSCOUT announced their support of HL7 health IT standards in an effort to provide health data interoperability between different health IT systems. Its nGeniusONE Service Assurance platform now...

CEO Judy Faulkner Airs Epic’s Views on EHR Interoperability

by Jennifer Bresnick

EHR interoperability is one of the most challenging issues facing the modern healthcare industry, but Epic Systems Founder and CEO Judy Faulkner thinks her company – and her rivals – are...

Care Management and IT Costs Challenge PCMH Transitions

by Frank Irving

Transforming a primary care practice into a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a costly endeavor — to such an extent that the financial challenge may prevent small and independent practices...

EHRs and mHealth Lead Global Surge in Digital Health

by Frank Irving

The global market for digital health technology looks strong over the coming five-year horizon, according to a new report from P&S Market Research. The firm forecasts a compound annual growth rate...

5 Health Data Infrastructure Hurdles for Precision Medicine

by Frank Irving

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hopes to enroll 1 million volunteers in a Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) study over the next three to four years. In order reach its goals...

Renewed Interest in Joint iEHR for DoD-VA Interoperability

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Congress will again consider proposed legislation with the purpose of streamlining the exchange of health information between the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. On March 23,...