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I.T. Brought Challenges and Benefits to Healthcare in 2014
01-2-2015 | Electronic Health Records
Healthcare organizations focused on ICD-10, new industry guidelines, mental health data integration, consumer-driven technology demands and big data management in 2014.
Privacy & Security Forum: Final Call for presentations
01-2-2015 | Privacy & Security
The deadline to submit a speaking proposal for the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum is Friday, Jan. 9.
HHS Gives $36.3 Million in Quality Improvement Rewards
12-19-2014 | Quality
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded $36.3 million of Affordable Care Act funding to 1,113 health centers for various quality improvements.
ICW makes a substantial strategic commitment to focus on the U.S. market
12-2-2014 | Health Information Exchange
InterComponentWare AG will reopen its operations in the United States with teams in business development, sales, and product management.
Sophisticated End-to-End Performance Management Comes to Healthcare
12-1-2014 | Business Analytics
ZirMed expands its analytics capabilities with the acquisition of MethodCare.
Savings in time and improved efficiency are the biggest gains
11-25-2014 | Workforce Development
Ascom has recently launched Ascom Myco, a new solution for integrated workflow intelligence in healthcare. In this interview, Nick Guldemond, Associate Professor, University Medical Centre Utrecht, discusses the importance of intelligent and efficient workflow in the hospital setting and Roel Ottink, Director Product Management and Marketing, Ascom, explains how the Ascom Myco is designed to optimise workflow around nurses and patients.
Validic's Digital Health Platform Realizes the Promise of Digital Health Innovation through Connectivity
11-22-2014 | Health Information Exchange
It is an exciting time to be in the healthcare industry, especially considering the impact technological advancements in digital health have had on healthcare.
Virtual Care: A Real-World Strategic Asset
11-19-2014 | Mobile Health
Consumers are embracing emerging virtual care models, which empower patients to take control of their health by having the majority of care taking place "virtually" through online resources and access to clinicians via phone, email or video technologies.
How Intermountain Healthcare does privacy & security
10-31-2014 | Privacy & Security
CISO Karl West explains the health system's process for evaluating all new mobile technologies based on a core architecture that involves a three-pronged system of controls.
Analytics project slashes sepsis deaths
10-23-2014 | Business Analytics
Penn Medicine put data and analytics to work and reduced its sepsis mortality rate from 17 percent at baseline to 13 percent today.