The pandemic-spurred triple threat of increased demand, decreased access, and mandatory distancing, put digital transformation into overdrive. ChannelProNetwork spoke extensively with Pixel Health Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Mike Machulsky and Nectar Strategic Consulting President Barbara Casey to gauge the state of Healthcare IT in the post-COVID era. Read the article
While technology is often the catalyst for change, we need to recognize that it is only one of the many tools and influences built into the human aspect of delivering healthcare. The healthcare sector is not moving fast enough to embrace cloud computing, AI, big data, and new technologies and processes to improve outcomes…
Population health is a big idea with big potential and a nearly unlimited range of possibilities, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing for healthcare organizations trying to figure out where to start Patients are often managed with well-known data points but, like those who preceded Billy Beane and his sabermetrics…
I thought I’d heard it all and then I got into the IT business. The phish stories I hear about now are sadly, even crazier.
The INFRAM, a follow-up to the industry-leading EMRAM certification process (EMRAM creates standards for EHR adoption), measures infrastructure stability and manageability in the areas of…
Does anyone really know what time it is? “I’m not recommending it for most people as anything other than just a novelty,” said Ethan Weiss, a University of California, San Francisco cardiologist. Dr. Weiss was quoted in a recent review of the new Apple Watch Series 4 by the New York Times. That raises some…
VertitechIT Executive Project Officer and IT security/HIPAA compliance consultant Teresa Grogan says many healthcare institutions are employing a “set it and forget it” mentality when implementing predictive analytics technology to fight cyber threats. She says that practice is a shortcut that will come back to haunt them. In an interview with Healthcare Info Security, Terry…
A tornado rips through a rural community and the local hospital is overwhelmed with injured residents. A ten-car pile up in the middle of the night on a major highway stretches the resources of emergency doctors to diagnose and treat the victims. The use of teleradiology services to facilitate image reading during off-hours and provide…
Healthcare organizations will spend more money on IT security in 2018 than ever before. But the statistics suggest these cybersecurity warriors may be taking one step forward and two steps back. Comparing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA violation data for calendar year 2017 versus unofficial tallies year to date, it would appear…
When your smart thermostat fails, your home may get a little overheated. The breach of a security camera might result in a break in or a stolen package off the front porch. But failure of an Internet-connected heart monitor or the hacking of a device configured to remind an elderly patient to take their hypertension…