Former Noble Hospital CIO to Help Lead Digital Transformation Nationwide A seasoned New England Chief Information Officer and IT executive, Steven Cummings has joined Holyoke, Massachusetts-based healthcare consultancy VertitechIT as an Executive Project Officer (EPO). Cummings will lead engagements with large healthcare systems as the company continues to expand operations throughout the east coast and across the…
In this year’s edition of Top IT Blogs, we’ve selected our top 20; those blogs, forums, niche industry publications, and CIO/CTO resources that just plain get it.
As biometric technology makes its way into healthcare, the usual concerns for privacy are on the rise but societal needs should override most individual objections to the use of these programs.
MedCityNews, a leading online news source for the business of innovation in healthcare, is out with a short feature story on baytechIT. They’re believed to be the first IT managed services joint venture between a major health system and a national healthcare IT consultancy. Read All About It
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…
Monty Hall would be proud. The ultimate dealmaker could look to the $316B in 2018 healthcare M&A activity and see that it is more than double the same period a year ago. As insurance, pharmaceutical, technology, and traditional healthcare companies get in the act, the downward pressure from government regulators, shareholders, and patients to provide…
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…
I’ve never been a big fan of prefixes. You’re either “anti” this or “pro” that, “under” or “over,” “pre” or “post.” And if Apple comes out with another “i-“ it’ll be all too soon! And here’s another one. As we in healthcare IT move towards a technological future where universal access to medical records becomes…
Michael Douglas’ character Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street will forever be remembered for his quote, “Greed is good.” He went on to say that greed “captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.” So can we logically say the same about Change? I’m drawn to that thought when reading about the Department of Veterans…
When I think of Shadow IT, I can’t help but imagine Humphrey Bogart, Claude Raines, or some other nefarious looking guy in a trench coat looking out from the fog. What happens in the shadows sooner or later comes to light. That’s not a bad motto for CIOs in healthcare organizations who may be dealing…