Cloud Computing

Web-based applications and interfaces are increasingly common in the health care industry. Read here about advances in the field and about related topics such as how enterprise intranets facilitate communications across disparate locations.

Patient/Physician Portals, a Stepwise Approach – Part 1

David Linthicum | May 07

Data integration is an important aspect of heath data management. However, it’s often overlooked as a core health care I.T. strategy. This is largely due to the fact that we’re used to dealing with data integration as tactical one-off projects, using whatever mechanisms work to solve the problem.

Consumer Health

Health Info Exchange

Data Repositories

NFL Drafts eClinicalWorks to Tackle On-Field Injuries

Apr 24

The NFL draft is getting underway, and the league has made a draft choice of its own: It has called on eClinicalWorks to create a mobile electronic health record that will be used by team caregivers to provide real-time access to player videos and information on how to diagnose and treat sports injuries.

Decision Support

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Medical Imaging

Mobile Technology

Wireless/Mobile

New Guidance to Aid Cybersecurity Preparedness

Joseph Goedert | Apr 10

HITRUST, a health industry stakeholder consortium, has issued guidance on how best to use its Common Security Framework of best practices to assess an organization’s cybersecurity preparedness.

Data Security

EHR

Data Repositories

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Guess What? Health Care Data is More Secure in the Cloud

David Linthicum | Apr 10

Public cloud-based platforms are not good locations for health care data, correct? While that may sound right, turns out it’s wrong.

Data Security

Systems Integration

Health Info Exchange

Getting Real Results with Clinical Desktop Virtualization

Apr 05

Getting Real Results with Clinical Desktop Virtualization

Explore the Benefits of Virtualization in Health Care.

Adoption of desktop virtualization in healthcare is expected to grow by 44% in 2013. In addition to enhancing clinical mobility and productivity, workstation or “desktop” virtualization can also result in a variety of other benefits including reduced storage costs, agility, improved reliability and enhanced security. To succeed in a virtualized environment, healthcare organizations need to rely on sophisticated storage solutions.

Read this eBook and get an close look at the benefits of desktop and other types of virtualization in the health care industry. You’ll also discover why healthcare organizations need powerful, integrated storage solutions to support virtualization.

Data Repositories

Data Security

Document Management

Electronic Data Interchange

Health Info Exchange

Mobile Technology

Systems Integration

Wireless/Mobile

Is Your Health Care Social Media HIPAA Compliant?

Joseph Goedert | Apr 01

Health Care Compliance Strategies Inc., a vendor of online compliance and competency training curricula, has introduced a new course on responsible use of social media in health care.

Consumer Health

Data Security

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Arkansas Automates Nurse Licensing

Joseph Goedert | Mar 18

The Arkansas Board of Nursing has launched an online nursing license application service that integrates a criminal background check into the application process.

Policy & Regulation

Payers

Group Practices

Hospitals

VA Watchdog: Department Transmits Unencrypted Data Over Internet

Joseph Goedert | Mar 08

The Department of Veterans Affairs in at least Nebraska and South Dakota routinely transmits unencrypted personally identifiable information on beneficiaries, including medical information and Social Security numbers, among medical centers, clinics and business partners such as teleradiologists, according to the VA’s Office of Inspector General.

Comments (1)

Consumer Health

Data Security

Group Practices

Hospitals

Health Info Exchange

Policy & Regulation

How Not to Engage Patients in Stage 2

Greg Gillespie | Mar 05

Mayo Clinic is struggling like everyone else to meet the Stage 2 thresholds for engaging patients ...

Comments (1)

Consumer Health

Marketing a Difference at Memorial Hermann

Greg Gillespie | Mar 04

Memorial Hermann is using a global searching and booking platform to give it a marketing edge as well as getting the downstream benefits of easier patient scheduling, according to David Bradshaw ...

MGMA Launches New Practice Analytics, Benchmarking Service

Joseph Goedert | Feb 21

The Medical Group Management Association is offering data analytics technology to physician practice administrators to analyze and benchmark practice performance.

Group Practices

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Coding

Vendor News

Guide Explains Electronic Tools to Aid Patients, Providers in Cancer Care

Joseph Goedert | Feb 12

Stakeholder advocacy group eHealth Initiative has published the Health IT Cancer Resource Guide, an overview of the electronic tools and technologies available to help patients, families and caregivers going through the journey of cancer treatment.

Consumer Health

Disease Management

Decision Support

EHR

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Mobile Technology

Survey Assesses the State of Cloud Computing

Joseph Goedert | Feb 11

Personal use of cloud computing services by employees--including information technology employees--are accelerating organizational decisions to adopt the technology, according to survey results from I.T. services firm CDW.

Vendor News

Group Practices

Payers

Hospitals

Getting to the Truth of Cloud Computing

Greg Gillespie | Feb 11

There's cloud computing, and then there's health care cloud computing. And while there's not necessarily a ton of activity for the former, activity is picking up in the latter.

Data Repositories

Data Security

EHR

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Payers