Search Tag: HIT
Digital Health World Congress 2018
2018 08 May
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The lab of the future
2018 25 Jan
T e c h n o l o g y i s ch a n g i n g t h e f a ce o f m e d i c a l l a bo r a t o r y o p er a t i o n. As healthca r e t echnology advan c es, medical labo r atories need to k eep ahead of th e... Read more
What lies ahead in 2018 for HIT?
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
HIT leaders work out strategies for value-based care
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
3 Healthcare Sector HIT Trends
2017 09 Aug
Technology plays a big role in revolutionising healthcare management. As IT investment continues to grow, it will be good to know which software and tech trends are dominating the medical field. Patient scheduling software, smartwatches that detect heart disease and marketing automation tools are among the major software and tech trends that... Read more
Presenting a Case: Financing IT Projects
2017 07 May
The relationship between finance and IT can be a delicate one that varies from hospital facility to hospital facility. We have entered a time where traditional IT cycles have shortened dramatically. The situation is even made more complex by a fast-changing landscape, consolidation of the market on one side and emerging technologies and swiftly-growing... Read more
The Road Ahead
2017 07 May
Value Based Healthcare and HIT It has been more than 10 years since Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg published their seminal book Redefining Health Care, which laid down the foundation for the revolutionary and evolutionary concept of Value Based Healthcare (VBHC). Both starting and ending with the patient experience, VBHC has... Read more
HealthManagement.org Welcomes New IT Editor-in-Chief
2017 16 Feb
HealthManagement.org is excited to introduce our new Editor-in-Chief for Healthcare IT. Christian Lovis, MD, MPH, FACMI, has taken over the role from Christian Marolt who has stepped into the position of Executive Director at HealthManagement.org. Lovis is head of the Division of Medical Information Sciences, University Hospitals of Geneva and... Read more
How Blockchain Can Make HIT More Secure
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