Search Tag: HIT
2023 20 Oct
The future of digital technology anticipates effective communication, efficient services, and sustainable outcomes. IT strategy and digital transformation touch daily operations and future growth. Investment priorities based on business objectives are crucial. Modernise costly and inefficient operating models to meet the increasing external...Read more
2020 07 Apr
The flux of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is pushing hospitals and other medical facilities to unprecedented limits. Such difficult circumstances are seen delaying current and future healthcare IT implementations. For instance, limitations in IT-staff capacity are a major factor impacting IT purchases. Clinical informaticists –...Read more
2019 28 Dec
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at our most viewed technology stories across our 2019 news and journals. Fighting Cyber Threats With a Global Community Denise Anderson, President of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), spoke to HealthManagement.org about this growing global organisation’s aim...Read more
2019 10 Sep
Data has become an important asset in today's digital world; moreover, increasing IT use and automation results in more of this asset being created. Interestingly, other industries pale in comparison with healthcare when it comes to the amount of data generated – ie, about a trillion gigabytes of data each year coming from a variety of sources such...Read more
2020 31 May
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find e-Health Conference & Tradeshow on Social Media Read more
2019 06 Aug
Consumerism is a growing trend in healthcare , which is not surprising given the industry's shift towards value-based care model. As a result, patient expectations have changed. Taking cues from their interactions with other services industries (e.g., food and travel), patients now demand "better" services from healthcare providers, including higher...Read more
2019 10 Jun
As the healthcare sector undergoes digital transformation, what does this mean for the contribution the CIO is making to his or her organisation? A report published by MedCityNews identifies five factors that are shaping the changing role of the CIO in healthcare. You might also like: Move over CIO: enter Chief Digital Officer...Read more
2020 16 Jun
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS FROM APRIL TO JUNE 16TH-18TH. NOW A VIRTUAL MEETING Find DMEA on Social Media Read more
2019 28 Mar
The College of Healthcare InformationManagement Executives (CHIME) and Associazione Italiana Sistemi Informativi in Sanità (AISIS) have announced that they have opened a CHIME chapter in Italy . This is the first CHIME chapter to be launched in Europe and the second international chapter to be established under CHIME. You might also...Read more
2018 05 Mar
Giant tech company Apple, maker of the health-tracking tool Apple Watch, continues its foray into healthcare by creating in-house clinics and health service for company employees. Apple says its primary care health clinics, called AC Wellness, will provide a “unique concierge-like healthcare experience” that is “enabled by technology”. Two healthcare...Read more
2017 24 Nov
Rapid changes in the general populace and in the states of health and well-being, largely driven by technological advancements such as the Internet of Things, are prompting providers to adopt innovative ways to improve outcomes and deliver value. For instance, a new report predicts that by the end of 2020, 25 percent of data used in medical care...Read more
2017 04 Oct
The focus on value-based healthcare has spawned some strategic IT challenges, including the need to improve data management for reporting and analytics requirements. Take for example the case of Orlando Health, an eight-hospital health system based in Orlando, Florida, which joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in 2013. The health system...Read more
2016 15 Dec
Drew Ivan was one of the winners in the recent ONC Blockchain Ideation Challenge which focused on use of the technology in healthcare security. He is Director of Business Technology at Orion Health. Drew answered the HealthManagement.org question: What are the top potential benefits of using Blockchain technology to secure healthcare records?...Read more
2016 21 Nov
Award-winning CIOs have got to be doing something right when it comes to management of their teams. Whether they take care of a small rural team of a sprawling department, the winners of Healthcare IT News 2016 Best Hospital IT Departments all have an approach that leads to happy staff and efficient operations. How do they do it? Ed Kopetsky,...Read more
2016 18 Nov
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced a pivotal agreement to jointly partner on all programs and professional communities outside of North America. Through HIMSS-CHIME International, healthcare information technology’s (HIT) two most visible and successful...Read more
2016 15 Nov
According to analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies, it is hardest to find staff with the necessary skills to fill Cloud Security roles. This is important for hiring managers to take note of as the time it takes to cloud security roles, for instance, is more than three months. This works out as 19 days longer than it takes to fill...Read more
2016 07 Nov
A new survey shows that in spite of almost guaranteed annual pay increases, health IT staff still expect higher salaries and the gender gap is still wide. The annual HealthITJob.com’s survey shows that while the mean salary is $93, 000, many healthcare IT staff want an increase. Meanwhile, the 2016 Health IT Salary Report puts the average...Read more
2016 07 Nov
A new survey shows that healthcare Chief information officers (CIOs) said they’re more likely to increase their 2017 budgets than IT professionals in other sectors. According to a new Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO survey , out of 190 companies that replied to the survey on HIT spending, there were the following results: 52 percent of HIT CIOs...Read more
2016 31 Oct
Healthcare tech merger and acquisition activity along with general healthcare was down in the third quarter of 2016 says Healthcare IT News. According to Healthcare M&A.com, generally, in comparison with Q2, the volume of deals dropped 11 percent to 369 transactions. In healthcare technology side, biotechnology and medical devices...Read more
2016 31 Oct
According to a report on Health Data Management the 2016 IBM X-Force Cyber Security Intelligence Index , the healthcare sector has just moved into first position in the list of industry most threatened by cyberhacking. The same report said that there had been 100 million health records compromised. Experts believe that one key...Read more
2016 18 Oct
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced its final rule codifying modifications and requirements under the ONC Health IT Certification Programme. The initiative is part of an effort to upgrade the transparency and accountability of certified HIT. It has also been devised to protect the health...Read more
2016 19 Sep
A standards body has said that in order for healthcare IT security to succeed it has to align with the overall activities of an organisation if it has any chance of being effective. The chief of the Baldrige PerformanceExcellence Program just launched under the umbrella of The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), says that...Read more