Networking News

Advancements in HIT Infrastructure Tools Spawn Digital Transformation

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Allina Health announced Oct. 18 it has joined AVIA, a network of healthcare organizations committed to transforming patient care through digital transformation, to help improve their HIT...

Lack of Broadband Access Can Hinder Rural Telehealth Programs

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Telehealth programs allow patients to connect with their care providers from local clinics or the comfort of their homes. While this is useful to many patients who can’t easily meet with a...

Artificial Intelligence Requires Broader HIT Infrastructure Talent

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The HIT infrastructure landscape is rapidly changing, and organizations should keep their eyes on artificial intelligence (AI), cultural advancement, and processes becoming products as the result if...

Software-Defined Networks Support Future-Proof Connectivity

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Organizations are broadening their healthcare networks to reach out beyond the confines of the facility. In order to do this successfully there needs to be more visibility and control over the network,...

Digital Transformation Promotes HIT Infrastructure Automation Adoption

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Advancing HIT infrastructure technology calls for organizations to use tools to help IT staff with mundane repetitive tasks so they can spend more time innovating and planning for the future. This...

Remote Patient Monitoring Supports Vendor Connectivity, Technology

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Reducing patient visits and improving long-term patient health motivate healthcare organizations to embrace remote patient monitoring. However without the healthcare network to support healthcare...

Healthcare Internet of Things Influences Increased Blockchain Interest

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Clinicians and patients are connecting to the network using healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The increased number of devices connecting to the network can cause security concerns which...

Healthcare Blockchain Standards Support Collaborative Development

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Healthcare blockchain is gaining traction as health IT vendors and provider organizations look to the technology to decentralize data exchange to provide improved data protection. Understanding the...

ISA’s Annual Review Period Promotes Interoperability Advancements

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The Interoperability Standards Advisory’s (ISA) annual comment and review period comes to a close at 5 pm, ET, on October 1. The process began to help determine how the National Coordinator for...

Growing Mobile Availability Fuels Healthcare Mobile Development

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The dependence on mobile networks to keep patients and clinicians connected is expected to increase dramatically over the next several years, according to the latest GSMA Mobile Industry Impact Report....

Building Scalable Healthcare Internet of Things Networks

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Network connections continue to be a challenge as healthcare organizations improve their healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. “The rising demand of chronic disease management,...

FHIR May Not Help Healthcare Orgs Achieve Semantic Interoperability

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Healthcare organizations participating in the value-based care environment are in need of strong, secure data pipelines that can help them communicate across disparate health systems to coordinate and...

Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Adoption Grows for Software Apps

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Organizations continue to adapt their IT infrastructure to accommodate healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) as IT systems become more complex and data sets become more robust. IDC predicts that...

Planning for Coverage, Capacity in Healthcare Network Upgrades

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Planning for network coverage and connectivity in healthcare network upgrades takes more than simply adding access points to existing infrastructure. Understanding how wireless signals interfere with...

Top 3 Ways to Succeed with Healthcare IoT, Mobile Device Strategies

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Healthcare organizations looking to enable more effective workflows and speedier access to data are searching for mobile device strategies that will allow them to harness the power of the Internet of...

Collaborative Edge Computing Supports Health IT Advancement

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Healthcare organizations have a greater opportunity to digitally share collected data with other organizations for analytics and population health purposes. Using collaborative edge computing to share...

Balancing Health IT Infrastructure Budget with Innovation

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Organizations are often caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to balancing a health IT infrastructure budget. Recent technological innovations can improve clinician workflow, patient...

Ensuring Healthcare Networks Can Keep Key Data in the Fast Lane

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Wireless and cellular technologies are advancing, and healthcare networks need to keep up in order to support digital tools and connected medical devices. Applying network upgrades to existing systems...

Considerations for Planning Healthcare Blockchain Adoption

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Healthcare blockchain is rising as organizations find ways to apply the technology to improve their business and in turn improve patient care. Payers are currently using in the healthcare blockchain...

Major Vendors Continue Investing in Health IT Infrastructure

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Consumer and health IT infrastructure technology are blurring together as Google, Amazon, and Apple are making significant leaps into the health IT space. Healthcare organizations are going through...