Healthcare Providers Can’t Ignore Data
We live in a world of endless choices. We spend hours researching peer reviews on everything from restaurants to toothpaste brands. If we are pleased with a product or service, we will leave a rating...
View ArticleHealthcare Industry Leaders React to Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule...
The day after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would make changes in the second year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the MACRA...
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ePatientFinder Best Places to Work 2017 Award Winner
Recently ePatientFinder was selected as one of the best places to work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal. The award ceremony took place June 23rd at the JW Marriott Austin where ePatientFinder...
View ArticleEnabling efficient care in turbulent times
Dr Graham Evans, chief information and technology officer for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, explains how implementing an enterprise-wide electronic patient record is providing the...
View ArticleWhy Now Is The Time For Healthcare To Tap The Sharing Economy
When Robin Chase co-founded Zipcar in 2000, she saw an opportunity to turn a “world of scarcity” into a world of abundance. Her vision was simple: Make renting a car as easy and convenient as getting...
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Latest Ransomware Wave Never Intended to Make Money
Computer security experts say the file-encrypting malware that wreaked havoc worldwide starting on Tuesday was likely never intended to make its creators rich. Instead, the malware appears to have been...
View ArticleBlockchain remains a work in progress for use in healthcare
Few technologies have been as widely heralded for their potential to solve some of the major challenges IT systems face in healthcare as blockchain. While healthcare has just started to explore the...
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Will Healthcare Providers Refer to Clinical Trials?
In a word – YES. To understand why they will, it is important to realize what is necessary to create an environment that is conducive to accurate and proactive referrals. This environment must have the...
View ArticleLondon Ambulance New Year IT failure blamed on upgrade | Digital Health
The New Year’s Day failure of London Ambulance’s dispatch system, which took the system down for five hours on its busiest night of the year, has been blamed on a ‘historic upgrade’. Staff had to...
View ArticleFDA takes key steps under new drug competition action plan
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking two new key steps to increase competition in the market for prescription drugs and support entry of lower-cost alternatives. The regulatory body has...
View ArticleSlavitt Health IT Industry Needs To “Do Better”
Improvements in Health IT capabilities have not translated into better quality of care. While Health IT has seen radical improvements in its capabilities over the past several years, former acting CMS...
View ArticleEngland’s chief medical officer aims to make DNA testing “available to more...
England’s chief medical officer Sally Davies stated in her annual report that she would like to see DNA testing be routinely offered across cancer care, as well as other areas of medicine such as rare...
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Worried about ransomware? You need a backup plan (literally).
The world has seen two global ransomware attacks in as many months. First, WannaCry played havoc with the UK National Health Service before going on to spread globally. Then more recently the Petya /...
View ArticleTop 5 Features Your Rounding Software Must Have
Technology plays an integral part in the way healthcare organizations do business today. It allows hospitals to quickly address patient needs while adhering to value based service models. There are...
View ArticleGoogle Finds Another Privacy Controversy in Healthcare
As the United States settled in to celebrate its independence, a subsidiary of one of its most successful companies was bringing ire to English institutions. British-based DeepMind, a Google-owned AI...
View ArticleMedical Device Cybersecurity: A Long Way to Go
Medical Device Cybersecurity: A Long Way to Go Despite the growing attention medical device security has been getting from regulators in recent years, only about half of manufacturers say they follow...
View ArticleIntroduction of IoT in Healthcare Sector has Transformed the Way Health...
Internet of Things in Healthcare Market is driven by the rising prevalence of various chronic diseases and the surging awareness levels pertaining to the availability of advanced disease management...
View ArticleDetroit Medical Center blames data breach on outside agency
A data breach at the Detroit Medical Center that might affect 1,529 patients was the result of a contract employee turning over information to an unauthorized third party, officials said Thursday....
View ArticleImproving Your Small Practice: The Anatomy of the Ideal Patient Experience
Patients only have so much patience for complex doctor visits these days. Billing, scheduling and communication with their doctors should be simple and intuitive. They expect seamless mobile...
View ArticleSecure Messaging Key Focal Point for Most Wired Hospitals
July 14, 2017 – Smart phones are becoming increasingly critical aspects for healthcare providers, with the American Hospital Association’s Hospital & Health Networks (H&HN) Most Wired rankings...
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