March 11, 2016
Via: HITECH AnswersMillennials between the ages of 18 and 24 have been changing the norms as consumers. Nearly all business sectors have been affected by millennials because they are not sticking to traditional consumer trends. Below we highlighted 5 ways in which […]
March 11, 2016
Via: Modern HealthcareLike many providers, Boston-based Steward Health Care System is taking on an increasing amount of financial risk for health outcomes. It now has hundreds of thousands of patients under risk-based contracts. But the 11-hospital group identified a weak link in […]
March 9, 2016
Via: HitConsultantAlmost every day, we see announcements about yet another “connected” product that is hailed as creating a “smarter” home environment. These types of products promise an easier, more convenient way of living, but they aren’t always connected to our lives—or […]
March 8, 2016
Via: MedPageTodayIn a study presented this week at the American Heart Association EPI and Lifestyle conference (AHA EPI) in Phoenix, researchers from Johns Hopkins have shown one of the most popular medical apps to be inaccurate and misleading. Instant Blood Pressure […]
March 7, 2016
Via: MedPageTodayAs HIMSS gets underway, the healthcare IT world is still shaking from last month’s audacious privacy breach at a California hospital. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital paid a $17,000 ransom to a criminal enterprise that broke into the hospital’s system, encrypted data, […]
March 4, 2016
Via: Modern HealthcareWhat do consumers want when they interact with the healthcare system? The answer may partly depend on their age. At this week’s annual meeting of the Health Information and Management Systems Society, the themes of consumerism and patient engagement were […]
March 4, 2016
Via: MedlinePlus Health NewsA popular app that uses your smartphone to check your blood pressure is inaccurate, missing high blood pressure readings in four out of every five patients tested, researchers report. Instant Blood Pressure promises to provide an estimated blood pressure reading […]
March 2, 2016
Via: HealthcareITnewsRueben Devlin, CEO of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, sees full digitization as the future of physician efficiency and patient experience. In seeking to fully digitize Humber River, the hospital focused on improving communications, bringing disparate technologies together into one streamlined package. […]
March 2, 2016
Via: HealthcareITnewsIn a co-presentation with National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, at HIMSS16 Tuesday evening, Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt said physicians “want better technology.” From both a policy and an innovation perspective, it’s time to give it […]
March 1, 2016
Via: Healthcare InformaticsDespite widespread use of smartphones and other mobile devices among healthcare providers, 90 percent of hospitals still use pagers and overpay by 45 percent to maintain legacy paging services, according to a study by Tiger Text and using research conducted […]
February 26, 2016
Via: The Medical News“The best way to predict the future is to invent it,” these were the words of Alan Kay quoted by Dr Euan Ashley at the Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine. No one […]
February 22, 2016
Via: Z LivingThis American Heart Month, we give you something to think about: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though cardiovascular (heart) disease is the number one cause of death among American women and men today, it is […]
February 18, 2016
Via: FierceHealthcareLeaders from across the industry have identified six “common-sense solutions” to improve the U.S. healthcare system, touching on subjects including data interoperability, Medicare payment policies and care of chronically ill patients, according to a report released Wednesday. Working on behalf […]
February 12, 2016
Via: HitconsultantA new patent landscape report from iRunway reveals a tectonic shift in the medical devices industry, with new technology players poised to take significant market share from traditional medical device manufacturers in the non-invasive monitoring arena. Medtronics, General Electric, Eli […]
February 10, 2016
Via: Healthcare InformaticsIt’s widely acknowledged that healthcare, as every other industry, is becoming more mobile and that mobile solutions, whether apps, wearable devices or services like remote patient monitoring, hold a lot of promise as digital tools healthcare leaders can use to […]
February 8, 2016
Via: HitConsultantCVS has been a dominate force in the retail pharmacy market for some time—but could the popular retail chain become the next major player in the digital health movement? According to its Chief Digital Officer Brian Tilzer, it’s getting there. […]
February 4, 2016
Via: HitConsultantThe American Medical Association (AMA) today supported the bipartisan Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act to expand the use of telemedicine to achieve quality care for patients. The CONNECT for Health Act would: – […]
January 7, 2016
Via: HitConsultantMobile health app usage has grown increasingly over the past three years with 54 percent of health consumers willing to use their smartphones to engage with their healthcare providers, according to new research from Accenture. The report finds that despite […]
December 21, 2015
Via: HitConsultantMedical science is now producing gene-editing technology, implantables, and pills with digestible microchips. The plethora of technologies will sense our body signals and can help predict and prevent illness. Increasingly, humans are becoming machines. We already have wearables, but we […]
August 5, 2015
Via: Information managementHealthcare is undergoing a transformation that’s driven by a fundamental shift in the expectations of patients. In this guest post, Brendan Ziolo, head of large enterprise strategy at an IP networking, ultra-broadband access and cloud technology company, gives hospital executives […]