Fulfilling the promises of health information technology
I am better connected with friends all over the world through social networking apps than to my primary care physician a few miles down the road. Wikipedia allows for…
Tag: operating-systems
Fracking healthcare big data: Drilling for value or just hot gas?
Flames? Coming out of the water faucets? Fire coming out of any plumbing egress cannot be a good thing. I don’t know if you’ve seen the…
HIT legacy systems: Outrunning the Zombie Apocalypse
A staggering, decaying hulk blocks your path. Hungrily, it roars, “Braaaiiins! Must have braaaaiins!” This isn’t “The Walking Dead,” the…
Details, details…
This healthcare facility has an external website that providers can log into to access patient information. But a new director has some new ideas for improving security for those …
A broadband solution to fiscal crises
After Congress and the White House close the gap between the Democratic and Republican approaches to the “fiscal cliff”, there is another gap that they need to…
Parts is parts, but GHz isn’t GHz
The software running this dental clinic has been working fine for four-plus years, but one day it starts acting up, so a pilot fish calls vendor tech …
Always start with the foundation: Governance is never optional
A lack of clear governance is the single most common cause of major project failures — don’t let your project be one of them.
Pacemaker hacker says worm could possibly ‘commit mass murder’
After security researcher Barnaby Jack showed how an attacker with a laptop, located up to 50 feet from a…
Sparing Medicare: Savings to patients and providers
New technologies are enabling healthcare organizations to revolutionize operations, respond to regulations, enhance the customer experience and manage change. Using business software that automates processes in a way that makes…
4 top trends that will shape digital health
This was a big year for digital health transformation, especially for advances in personalized and connected care. Looking back at 2012, these…
Smarter healthcare is connected healthcare
At Directions 2011, IDC analysts shared IDC’s vision of the emerging “3rd Platform” based on the four pillars of cloud, mobile, social and Big Data technologies. …
Why my EMR is still an island
Despite all of the hoopla over health information exchanges and interoperability, my own health care provider’s electronic medical records system mostly limits data sharing with…
Planning for ICD-10 at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
When October 1, 2014 arrives, there are a number of potential disasters that await if we’re not fully prepared for the new clinical coding classification, ICD-10. Federal regulators…
Innovate consistently? Yes, you can.
It’s 2020. The at-home telemedicine robot reminds me it’s time for the doctor to check how well the burn on my arm is healing. The specialist is…
Healthcare IT should ‘do no harm’
“I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm …