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Feature
21 Mar 2023
How AI has cemented its role in telemedicine
Many healthcare clinicians rely on AI when performing daily tasks and see benefits that outweigh the drawbacks. Continue Reading
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Podcast
10 Mar 2023
Healthcare strategies: Machine learning for treatment planning
Machine learning can use digital twins and real-time feedback to improve patient care. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2023
Healthcare Strategies: Improving Pharmaceutical Partnerships
Host Alivia Kaylor interviews two Walgreens employees about specialty pharmacies providing personalized care through digital tools. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2023
ChatGPT passes U.S. medical licensing exam without clinician input
ChatGPT achieved 60% accuracy on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, indicating its potential in advancing AI-assisted medical education. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2023
Security is key to maximizing cloud adoption success in healthcare
Security must be considered throughout the cloud adoption process and beyond when it comes to healthcare. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2023
Follow-up care slightly more common after audio-only telehealth visits
A recent study showed that follow-up care, including downstream emergency care, was higher after telephone-only versus video visits, but some treatment measures, like lab order rates, were lower. Continue Reading
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News
05 Jan 2023
Machine-learning model estimates adverse opioid outcomes
A machine-learning model trained on administrative data can estimate adverse outcome risk within 30 days of opioid dispensation. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2022
Healthcare breaches on the rise in 2022
According to U.S. government data, the number of healthcare breaches in the first five months of 2022 has nearly doubled from the same period last year. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
14 Feb 2022
Ways IoT technology can help build a new normal for COVID-19
IoT sensors and networks can help organizations create safer buildings and keep employees healthy. Learn the use cases for healthcare, testing, HVAC and device management. Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2022
Amazon takes its telehealth offering nationwide
Amazon has made its Care telehealth service available nationwide with in-person healthcare services to follow later in the year. The company is tapping a growing healthcare market. Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2021
Microsoft adds telehealth features to Teams
Microsoft's latest Teams features try to ease the confusion and some of the difficulties patients face when using telehealth technology to meet with doctors. Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2021
Tech issues keep mobile telehealth from reaching underserved
Mobile devices provide a key way to connect underserved patients to telehealth services, but complexity and connection problems keep patients from reaping the benefits. Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2021
Adobe, Salesforce expand health clouds
Adobe releases Experience Manager for Healthcare and plugs its CDP into marketing and clinical data; Salesforce releases healthcare features. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
06 Jul 2021
How wearables, IoT and data paint healthcare's bright future
With the right IoT systems and architecture, IoT and AI will improve healthcare services with data from consumer wearables and the collective medical professional knowledge base. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jun 2021
How augmented analytics in healthcare improves patient outcomes
High quality data has become essential to quality healthcare. Explore how augmented analytics is aiding healthcare organizations' efforts to provide better care for patients. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Apr 2021
Hybrid care is healthcare's future
Hybrid care is neither digital nor physical, neither in-office nor at home. Instead, it's a little of everything, and one health IT leader thinks it's where healthcare is headed. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2021
Apple Watch effective at assessing heart health
An at-home walking test with the Apple Watch yielded 'accurate and meaningful insights' into a person's heart strength, a Stanford University study found. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Mar 2021
ClearScale telemedicine app uses range of Amazon services
Creative Practice Solutions, a medical consulting company, called on ClearScale to develop a telemedicine offering that lets physicians conduct and record remote patient visits. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2021
Nuance touts CX benefits of AI in healthcare during pandemic
Nuance acquires speech transcription vendor Saykara, adding the startup's tech to Nuance's arsenal of health IT systems. Meanwhile, Nuance and Best Buy Health execs tout CX benefits from AI. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Jan 2021
Interoperability, AI comprise healthcare IoT platform essentials
Healthcare organizations can save providers' time with IoT platforms that combine data types for easy use and derive greater insights through patient health monitoring. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jan 2021
Digital healthcare top priority for CIOs in 2021
In 2021, CIOs will not only focus on providing greater access to healthcare but more equitable access. Digital tools will play a key role. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2020
Partners pursue health-related IoT system integration
Systems integrators Insight Enterprises and Accenture have supported initiatives to bring new health technologies to the market; other IT channel news. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
Sharing medical imaging data with AI apps raises concerns
Opening the door to third-party AI apps is a double-edged sword for patients. Its potential for healthcare is promising, but privacy is still a work in progress. Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2020
Healthcare supply chains recognized for COVID-19 resilience
Gartner's annual ranking of healthcare supply chain organizations highlights innovative processes and fast thinking. Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2020
To prep for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, CIOs turn to data
CIOs should prepare a COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan now. Making sure immunization records are digitized and easy to access is a good first step. Continue Reading
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News
13 Nov 2020
Healthcare CIO taps AWS public cloud for research services
The AWS public cloud allowed IT staff at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital to enable precision medicine capabilities for hospital research staff. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Nov 2020
CIOs tasked to make healthcare infrastructure composable
Healthcare is already on the path to becoming composable. The next steps, however, will present challenges and require good stewardship from CIOs, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Oct 2020
During COVID-19, CIOs struggle with predictive analytics programs
Predictive analytics in healthcare has been a useful tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has helped healthcare organizations foresee changes in bed capacity or disruptions in the supply chain for ... Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Oct 2020
VA CIO: COVID-19 has accelerated digital projects
In this Q&A, VA CIO James Gfrerer describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed his priorities for and his approach to digital transformation projects. Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
Nvidia brings federated learning to COVID-19 patient data
Researchers from 20 healthcare institutions built an AI model to predict the supplemental oxygen needs for COVID-19 patients. And they did so without ever sharing patient data. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2020
Physicians harness Healow televisit capabilities
The eClinicalWorks Healow app came to the aid of two healthcare provider organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused most healthcare organizations to rapidly transition to virtual care. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Oct 2020
Interest in wearable health devices grows despite challenges
Amazon Halo has advanced wearable devices in healthcare, but challenges of a growing digital divide and questions about their clinical value remain. Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2020
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is going GA
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare pulls together Microsoft products such as Microsoft 365, Azure and Microsoft Dynamics as well as partner products in one place. Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2020
Digital health tools platform attracts EHR vendors
Startup Xealth's platform enables providers to prescribe patients with anything from a remote patient monitoring device to a food delivery service. The tech also benefits CIOs. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2020
Amwell, Teladoc race to expand virtual care platforms
The pandemic gave telehealth vendors a foothold in care delivery. Now Amwell and Teladoc are making strategic moves to sustain usage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Aug 2020
Mayo Clinic leans on Google Cloud for AI success
Mayo Clinic has spent the last 10 months focused on data and analytics initiatives with a long-term goal in mind: to make healthcare data more accessible and meaningful for clinicians. The ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2020
Growth of AI in clinical decision support still slow
The COVID-19 pandemic has given some healthcare technologies a boost. AI in clinical decision support isn't one of them, according to experts. Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2020
ONC focuses on HIEs for data sharing
Health information exchanges could provide the interoperability backbone between providers and state and public health agencies, making real-time data readily available in times of crisis. Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2020
For smaller orgs, EHR security is a disproportionate struggle
Indiana University Health CISO Mitchell Parker said larger healthcare systems and two-factor authentication can play crucial roles in helping smaller providers with EHR security. Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2020
CIOs challenged to make healthcare delivery faster, cheaper
In this Q&A, former Intermountain Healthcare CIO Marc Probst talks about how the pandemic has affected the healthcare CIO's agenda. Hint: It's all about efficiency. Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2020
Oracle builds CoVPN volunteer screening tool for NIH
Oracle has developed cloud apps to help healthcare professionals keep track of COVID-19 data including results from clinical trials and lists of volunteers for vaccine trials. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2020
Azure IoT Connector now readies IoMT data for use
Microsoft is previewing a tool that standardizes IoMT data for the clinical setting. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jul 2020
Pandemic sets new course for virtual care, AI in healthcare
Kaiser Permanente leaders and David Rhew, Microsoft's vice president of healthcare, discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtual care and AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jun 2020
Ground telehealth applications in security -- now
A recent software error at telehealth services provider Babylon Health is a stark reminder for healthcare CIOs to keep telehealth security and privacy top of mind. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jun 2020
Pandemic will make indelible mark on health IT
Healthcare CIOs will continue investing in digital health tools such as telehealth and patient capacity management after the COVID-19 pandemic. But they may have to do so at a cost. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jun 2020
Amwell calls for 'all hands on deck' to manage telehealth surge
In this Q&A, Amwell CMO Peter Antall talks about how the company navigated a 400% increase in use in March and April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jun 2020
Athenahealth launches new telehealth service
Blue Ridge Medical Group is using a new telehealth service from EHR vendor Athenahealth to treat patients at home. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 May 2020
Pandemic could alter healthcare CIO terrain
Harris Health System CIO David Chou talks about how COVID-19 has changed the healthcare CIO's technology strategy -- and why it could change the role itself. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 May 2020
TailorMed platform helps offset costs for patients, providers
A platform from TailorMed helps healthcare systems quickly identify potential financial assistance for patients. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 May 2020
Contact tracing tools break into the healthcare sector
Contact tracing has been used by public health agencies for years. With COVID-19, the methodology is breaking out of the public health sector and into healthcare. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 May 2020
Health system taps Sentinel Healthcare for contact tracing tech
While tech giants are working to build a large-scale mobile contact tracing platform for use during the current COVID-19 crisis, healthcare CIOs are turning to tools that help automate parts of the process. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 May 2020
Pandemic crystallizes the need for remote healthcare
COVID-19 will change the way healthcare operates, according to a report from consultancy Frost & Sullivan. But permanent change will require a CIO's deft hands. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Apr 2020
Pandemic ushers in virtual rounds at one health system
Nemours Children's Health System combined its telehealth platform with remote monitoring capabilities to launch a virtual rounds initiative. It's helped in ways the organization didn't imagine. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Apr 2020
Healthcare tech shifts in lockstep with pandemic
Building out healthcare tech during a pandemic puts the focus on getting patients treated and discharged -- quickly. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Apr 2020
5 areas healthcare CIOs should focus on during the pandemic
What should CIOs and other IT leaders in healthcare prepare for as they face a pandemic? We've identified five key areas they should be looking out for. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2020
Pandemic drives demand for 3D-printed medical parts
Formlabs has begun 3D printing nasal swabs to help health systems combat the COVID-19 crisis. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2020
CIOs should plan for a spike in healthcare cyberattacks
COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to healthcare systems and providing new opportunities for cybercriminals. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Mar 2020
In a pandemic, demand for telehealth services soars
Telehealth services are in high demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, but can providers keep pace? Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2020
CTA targets AI in healthcare with an AI standard
A team of more than 50 companies is working together to develop AI standards for healthcare. A recent effort was accredited by the American National Standards Institute. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2020
Piedmont Healthcare CIO on IT's M&A role
CIO Geoffrey Brown has helped lead Piedmont Healthcare through the addition of six new hospitals to the health system network. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Feb 2020
Buoy Health wants to fix healthcare's broken front door
Buoy Health is an example of the growing popularity of self-triage tools. This one has a machine learning algorithm that takes online symptom checking to the next level. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Feb 2020
Pros and cons of healthcare organizations moving to the cloud
Whether you've already adopted the public cloud or are still considering making the move, read these pros and cons to ensure your healthcare organization is getting the benefits. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Feb 2020
Telehealth visits could reach tipping point in 2020
Telehealth visits are poised to grow in popularity thanks to advances in mobile technology and better reimbursement models. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2020
Infor buys Intelligent InSites for real-time location capabilities
The acquisition will add a new layer to Infor CloudSuite Healthcare and better position the ERP vendor to take on competitors like Epic. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
Clearwave launches patient check-in tablet app
Patients can check in, make payments and input personal and demographic information via tablets with Clearwave Connect, the company's third patient check-in tool. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2020
Google Health's AI breast cancer screening tool stirs debate
New research from Google Health shines a light on the controversy for AI in cancer screening within the healthcare community. Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2019
CMS takes Blue Button 2.0 API offline due to coding error
CMS is working to address a coding issue that's potentially caused the protected health information of 10,000 beneficiaries to be shared with other beneficiaries or apps. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2019
RSNA inundated by AI in radiology
At RSNA, AI in radiology was everywhere. Unlike in years past, image analysis was just the tip of the iceberg. Analysts from Frost & Sullivan give their take. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2019
FHIR standard integral to Life Image's new image viewing, sharing app
The Geisinger-led Keystone Health Information Exchange launched a cutting-edge imaging app based on the FHIR standard to make it easier to share imaging data across the HIE. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Dec 2019
AI usage in healthcare upgrades imaging, analytics, automation
Computer vision, deep learning and automation are making greater inroads into radiology, robot-assisted surgeries, virtual nursing assistants and fraud detection. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Nov 2019
Data silos hinder IoT in healthcare; tech giants could help
Healthcare organizations are starting to see value in breaking down IoT data silos to create a single view of a patient. Tech giants may be uniquely positioned to help. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Nov 2019
Pros and cons of remote patient monitoring technology
IT pros in hospitals should consider deploying remote health monitoring technology to provide improved healthcare by limiting the patient visits and having up-to-date patient data. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2019
Cloud-based security enables healthcare orgs to grow with the times
Cleveland Clinic's deputy CISO came to the 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum with a message: Migrating to the cloud won't be easy, but the move is inevitable. Continue Reading
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News
06 Nov 2019
New Salesforce Health Cloud tools help life sciences close customer gap
Salesforce rolled out new features for Health Cloud focused primarily on the life sciences. The goal is to help those kinds of companies get closer to their customers. Continue Reading
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News
06 Nov 2019
Philips NICU rooms reimagined for comfortable, collaborative care
Philips Research wants to modernize NICU rooms. Central to the redesign is a collaborative dashboard that quickly puts information at the fingertips of clinicians and families. Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2019
Philips Research brings AI, AR to healthcare
Scientists at Philips Research North America are applying AI and augmented reality to healthcare -- tools they hope will be game changers for clinicians and patients. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Nov 2019
5 ways to properly secure medical devices
Medical device security is paramount, so IT professionals should make sure they follow best practices. Here are five ways to secure medical devices to mitigate cyberthreats. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Oct 2019
How to ensure mobile device security in healthcare
It's especially important to secure data in healthcare environments, because patients' information is on the line. Things get even more complex with BYOD in the mix. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Aug 2019
Promises for 5G in healthcare are great, but it's still early days
Analysts offer insight into how 5G works, where it might make the most impact in healthcare and why some of what 5G may offer is more promise than reality. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2019
5G healthcare use cases will help justify investment but are elusive
To invest in the 5G wireless network, healthcare CIOs will need compelling use cases. But since the network won't be ready for years, finding them may be tough. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Aug 2019
5G impact on healthcare a ways off, but CIOs shouldn't sit idle
5G could benefit areas of healthcare like telehealth and remote patient monitoring. That reality is still a few years out, but CIOs should start planning for it now. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Aug 2019
Do benefits of remote patient monitoring outweigh challenges?
Remote patient monitoring keeps healthcare providers informed about their patients' health between visits, and can warn them if something changes that needs immediate attention. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2019
MyHealthDirect deal is a push for a seamless patient experience
Experian's acquisition of MyHealthDirect is a step toward a better patient experience by providing real-time scheduling services across the continuum of care. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Aug 2019
Healthcare claims data analytics detects emerging conditions
Healthcare organizations can apply analytics to claims data to identify markers for emergent conditions, allowing physicians to intervene preemptively. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Aug 2019
Healthcare cloud induces benefits in storage, security
Healthcare sees value in vacating the premises and migrating to the cloud for lower maintenance costs and better storage, disaster recovery, security, AI and analytics. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jul 2019
Social determinants of health data provide better care
Knowing the use cases for social determinants of health, such as coordinating care and identifying care gaps, is an important first step in making the data worthwhile. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jul 2019
EASE app increases patient-provider communication
EASE, a mobile healthcare app, can be used to send updates on patients from the OR to their families. Mobile apps like this create more transparency, but also present a challenge for CIOs. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2019
How the CIO role in healthcare has evolved at Northwell Health
What issues keep Northwell Health CIO John Bosco up at night? Cybersecurity and finding skilled healthcare IT staff who can keep up with innovation. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jul 2019
Healthcare NLP mines valuable insights from unstructured data
Most of the data in an EHR is unstructured and often ignored. Natural language processing enables healthcare providers to extract meaningful insights from this untapped resource. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jul 2019
Health insurance mergers aim to reduce costs, improve outcomes
Insurance payers are merging with healthcare organizations to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. Access to patient data for analytics can help them achieve those goals. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2019
With the onset of value-based care, machine learning is making its mark
CMO David Nace talks about Innovaccer's risk model to predict the future cost of one person's care and explains why that's useful in the shift to value-based care. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2019
Jefferson Health, NeuroFlow launch mental health platform
Jefferson Health and NeuroFlow have launched the platform to enable clinicians to survey patients, set reminders and encourage positive behaviors between in-office visits. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2019
Anatomage Cloud update supports one-click image viewing
The Anatomage Cloud platform updates reduce workload and enhance collaboration between medical professionals, according to the vendor; the basic cloud platform service is free. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2019
SnapMD releases upgraded telemedicine app Virtual Care 2.0
SnapMD added some new features to the Virtual Care app, such as the software development kit. It also improved existing features, like video functionality. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2019
Prognos and Datavant partner to improve health data analytics
Combining Prognos software and Datavant data sharing, healthcare data analytics vendors intend to improve early detection of disease, decision-making and patient care. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jun 2019
CardioCompass platform fuses data and AI with patient navigators
CardioCompass, a remote patient monitoring platform, is backed by machine learning, lots of data and good old-fashioned phone calls. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2019
Omron Health incorporates new capabilities for its Alexa skill
Omron added new capabilities to its Alexa skill through its Omron Health app, such as personalized readings and daily heart health tips, to inspire positive health behavior. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2019
Glassbeam healthcare analytics platform boosts productivity
Glassbeam Clinsights is a cloud-based platform for healthcare professionals to monitor machine health, diagnose part failures, optimize patient scheduling and more. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Jun 2019
Improve patient engagement with mHealth, monitoring technology
Providing patients with mobile health technology, as well as reminder systems and options for virtual visits, can help keep them engaged in their healthcare. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jun 2019
Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare delivery
Commercial insurers are key drivers in the transition to value-based care in health systems through joint ventures, analytics and greater control over delivery of patient care. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 May 2019
When leading digital transformation, language is key
Healthcare CIOs need to stop with the technology lingo if they want to lead a successful digital transformation. That was a key takeaway from a panel of experts at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 May 2019
CIOs must evaluate best use cases for AI in medical imaging
Medical imaging is a mainstay in healthcare organizations, but traditionally stores and retrieve images. It can benefit from advancements enabled by AI, such as data mining. Continue Reading