August 23, 2022
Via: HitConsultantFrom the development of the EMR to the growth of telehealth, the digital environment for healthcare has evolved tremendously over the last few years. So, it’s no surprise that IT spending is set to increase by 12.3% for cloud computing, […]
October 17, 2019
Via: ForbesWalgreens Boots Alliance, Centene and the pharmacy benefit manager RxAdvance Thursday said they are partnering to “increase transparency” and reduce costs through a cloud-based pharmacy benefit platform. Centene last year bought a stake in RxAdvance, a cloud-based pharmacy benefit manager […]
September 9, 2019
Via: Health Data ManagementA research initiative is using a cloud-based approach in an effort to improve breast cancer care, aiming to develop personalized screening approaches. The Athena Breast Health Network, a long-established breast health collaborative, is conducting the initiative, aiming to use a […]
January 23, 2019
Via: Health Data ManagementIt’s no secret that Alphabet is knee deep in healthcare projects. Through acquisitions, new hires, partnerships and research efforts, Alphabet, parent company of Google, is using its expertise to organize and analyze enormous volumes of healthcare data. In mid-November, DeepMind—a […]
October 24, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementA second major vendor has joined a National Institutes of Health effort to enable biomedical researchers to harness the power of commercial cloud computing. Under NIH’s Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) initiative, Amazon Web […]
October 4, 2018
Via: medicaldevice-network.comCloud computing is a subscription-based infrastructure that delivers services such as storage, databases, software, and networking. The healthcare industry and in particular the medical devices sector has been relatively slow in adopting cloud computing technology. However, the tide is turning […]
March 9, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementThe Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a beta version of its cloud-based application programming interface management platform that will provide commercial software developers with access to tools for building mobile and web apps on a standard set of APIs. […]
March 6, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementSearch engine giant Google on Monday announced a new cloud-based application programming interface aimed at addressing the interoperability challenges that continue to dog the healthcare industry. Google’s Cloud Healthcare API is meant to extract data from electronic health records and […]
February 15, 2018
Via: Health Data Management(Bloomberg)—Amazon.com may have big ambitions to shake up healthcare, but it appears to be starting small. The Internet giant is angling to become the go-to source for basic medical supplies such as latex gloves, bandages and sutures. While that’s not […]
January 31, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementThe announcement by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase that they are forming an independent company to offer high quality and transparent healthcare at a reasonable cost to their combined 1.2 million U.S. employees is a long-overdue kick in the […]
January 16, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementNew trends accelerate change within healthcare IT Various experts in healthcare IT expect the pressure will grow on healthcare information technology to achieve measureable benefits over the next 12 months. We queried several key knowledge experts in the field and […]
January 16, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementThe Department of Veterans Affairs is the first healthcare system in the country to post information on its opioid-prescribing rates, including dispensing rates for each VA facility displayed on an interactive map that shows data over a five-year period. The […]
October 13, 2017
Via: Health Data ManagementA five-year, $25 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science has been awarded to the Oregon Health & Science University to lead a consortium of universities and research organizations in creating a new National Center for Data […]
August 8, 2017
Via: HealthcareITnewsUniversity of California San Diego Health on Monday announced that it is putting its Epic electronic health record in the cloud. The transition from managing its own on-premise Epic EHR to a cloud-based service has already involved moving some 10,000 […]
August 1, 2017
Via: HealthcareITnewsWhat with rumors swirling that Apple and Amazon are each considering ways to drive deeper into healthcare, including EHRs and telehealth, it’s time for a reality check. The central question is whether even technology stalwarts such as Amazon, Apple and their […]
July 19, 2017
Via: HealthcareITnewsCloud computing is still fairly new to healthcare and, as such, confusion and a few myths surround the technology. And many of those skewed perceptions are driven by simple misunderstandings, most notably about information security. Indeed, cloud providers offer a […]
July 17, 2017
Via: Health Data ManagementTechnology is bringing disruptive changes to the way clinical trials are organized today—from the electronic capture of patient data to real-time transmission of collected data. This evolution in clinical trials is exemplified at the Johns Hopkins Center for Global health, […]
May 26, 2017
Via: Health Data ManagementMany organizations that have adopted cloud services or are planning to do so say data analytics or big data is a primary driver, according to a new study by TriCore Solutions, a provider of application management products. The company surveyed […]
April 18, 2017
Via: FierceHealthcareFacing a declining population, one 14-bed hospital in Idaho was preparing to shut its doors before an enterprising new CEO pulled it back from the ledge by integrating innovative tech-based approaches to care. Now, the hospital may serve as the […]
April 14, 2017
Via: HealthcareITnewsHealth information technology and information security specialists are hearing a lot about blockchain these days. “It’s the answer to interoperability.” And “the technology can solve healthcare’s looming security problems.” But what the heck is blockchain, anyway? The so-called digital ledger […]