Tag: healthcare it
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Is the ‘Internet of Things’ Health IT’s Next Big Thing?
Gartner Inc. has come out with a bullish report on the “internet of things,” which it predicts will add nearly $2 trillion in value to the economy by 2020 and transform the way all businesses operate. As many as 30 billion devices with unique IP addresses will be connected, the majority of them being products,…
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mHealth has varying impact on gender relations
Evidence regarding the effect of mHealth interventions on gender relations is weak and rigorous research is urgently needed, according to an article in the International Journal for Equity in Health…. read more Source: mHealth has varying impact on gender relations
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Hospital CIOs must show HIT wins to earn support
To win support for IT initiatives from c-suite executive counterparts, hospital CIOs would be wise to show how health technology can impact a facility’s bottom line, according to Miami Children’s Hospital CIO Edward Martinez. read more Source: Hospital CIOs must show HIT wins to earn support
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Digging Deeper on Patient Engagement
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is looking to help health systems better understand what patients want to get out of interactions with their providers, health records, and health education. As a result it’s creating the patient experience framework, the evolution of it patient engagement framework. Two of the project leaders explain what it’s all about.…
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TURF: An EHR Usability Assessment Tool
The following is a guest post by Carl Bergman from EHR Selector. To paraphrase Mark Twain, everyone talks about EHR usability, but no one does anything about it, at least until now. Led by Dr. Jiajie Zhang, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making (NCCD)…
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Transforming an EMS Delivery System: Mobile Health Care
This 90-minute webinar focuses on transforming your EMS delivery system to achieve true compatibility with the triple aim of health care reform, improving ca… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Skåne Healthcare Region is the first to integrate speech recognition into its EHR in Sweden
By Nuance Communications Inc. Allowing updated patient information to be made available to the entire organisation immediately Source: Skåne Healthcare Region is the first to integrate speech recognition into its EHR in Sweden
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Electronic Health Records Benefits: An ePatient Story
Electronic health records benefits may be clear for providers – cutting redundancy of tests, coordinating care during discharges, etc. — but these benefits also will ultimately accrue to patients in the form of better health. In July, I participated in the Tenth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference. I was delighted to be invited to speak on…
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Join me next week for a free webinar where I answer “How do we get beyond Meaningful Use rhetoric and ‘disruption’ in healthcare bloviation and into actionable innovation?”
I speak at many of conferences and webinars each year and I have been hearing that attendees and audiences are starting to get tired of hearing about big data, Meaningful Use, and ‘disruption in healthcare’ topics without more actionable advice. Many entrepreneurs and speakers at the events are still focusing on why technology and IT…
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HITRUST issues draft privacy controls
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has issued proposed changes to its Common Security Framework (CSF) to better protect patient data. Developed by a group of larger healthcare companies,… read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/hitrust-issues-draft-privacy-controls/2013-10-21?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss