Technology
The building blocks for an ACO technology infrastructure
ACOs have become quite a hot topic among health care leaders today, with some of the main concerns being governance, payment structure, infrastructure and architecture challenges. Some feel strongly that ACOs will require a more complex and advanced technology infrastructure than the ones currently being employed in HIEs, and many are left wondering just what that will [...]
Mobile health apps for the patients
The increasing popularity of smartphones and demand for broadband data access across all types of carriers has set the stage for major growth in the mobile application’s arena. Many vendors who have already taken steps to sieze this opportunity have apps on the market that are making a notable difference in the lives of both physicians and patients, with the end-user action and results to [...]
A Look at Cloud Services in Health Care
Information technology continues to see significant evolution, now more than ever, as the industry is truly on the verge of changing the way health IT infrastructures are managed, provisioned and protected. Cloud computing has become a new staple in health care IT, providing infrastructure from servers, virtual desktops, and unified messaging on demand.
We also continue to [...]
Which EHR Products Will Outlast the Others
As we continue to see some sort of consolidation in the EHR market place, there is always the question about which product will be on top. But in my mind the question is not so much of who will be on top, but really can they sustain staying ahead and being constantly innovative and ahead of [...]
Value of New Nurse Call Systems in Hospitals
For many years hospitals have been working hard to eliminate communication challenges and improve nursing workflows. Whether it’s locating a nurse, or responding to a patient’s request for more pain medication — it has been notoriously time consuming and difficult to streamline these workflows. One of the approaches to resolving this is through the implementation of a [...]
Increased Popularity of CRM in Hospitals
For many years companies across different markets have adopted some sort of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). These products have helped companies’ track opportunities for new business, it also assisted in standardizing workflows, as well as tracking follow-ups as part of the overall cycle of prospects to clients.
With the ability to capture sales information and provide analysis [...]
The Importance of Encrypting Your Mobile Devices, Ensuring No Patient Data is Exchanged
I had recently been asked by a friend to assist in recovering data that was previously stored on a smartphone. I had plenty of disclaimers to provide, as I have had no prior experience with this type of phone, but when a friend is in distress, instincts kick in and I ended up doing some [...]
The Faith of E-Prescribing Controlled Substances
With several medical organizations seeking to become paper-less with the implementation of an EHR, they are still dealing with paper based documents in many clinical areas. But fortunately, physicians are more eager to completely eliminate some of the paper documents, especially given 10% of their prescriptions written on Pads are for controlled substances.
Up until June of 2010, all controlled [...]
The Different Types of Mobile Healthcare Apps
There is a lot of excitement around mHealth. And the more smartphones and mobile devices gain popularity the sooner we will see them in the clinical setting. As many already know mHealth stands for Mobile Health. As defined by in the Wikipedia it is “is a term used for the practice of medical and public [...]
Thoughts For 2011
As we start the new year we all start to wonder what will this new year bring in term of changes that may be a little out of our control. For many health care professionals 2009 and 2010 were very eventful years, and 2011 will most likely be as exciting as the previous two.
The new [...]
