Healthcare data management

Vaccination data poses data management challenges for firms

If companies are considering the use of vaccination credentials to reopen offices, IT teams should start planning now. Continue Reading

Top 5 U.S. open data use cases from federal data sets

The U.S. government has made data sets from many federal agencies available for public access to use and analyze. Check out some of the ways that data is being used. Continue Reading

Synthetic data in healthcare advances patient analytics

Learn how synthetic data in healthcare can be beneficial across the board. Plus, get a sneak peek at a new book on synthetic data generation from O'Reilly Media. Continue Reading

Kafka users Northrop Grumman, Walmart highlight event streaming

Walmart and Northrop Grumman talk about deployment and the benefits of using the open source Kafka technology to enable modern data-driven applications. Continue Reading

How a synthetic data approach is helping COVID-19 research

Israeli researchers are using a system developed by big data vendor MDClone to collaborate on COVID-19 data to help find ways to deal with the pandemic. Continue Reading

How data duplication in healthcare is diagnosed

Electronic health record systems have helped reduce duplicate patient data in hospitals -- but they haven't cured the problem. Find out how organizations are addressing the issue. Continue Reading

Cloud in healthcare rises above privacy, compliance pressures

The cloud hovers over just about everything these days, including hospitals and health systems. Healthcare CIOs fully understand that migration is inevitable, but security of sensitive patient records and maintaining compliance with federal health and privacy regulations can create huge stumbling blocks. That also partly explains why the flight path to the cloud in healthcare has lagged behind many other industries.

In September's Pulse, our editor's letter explores the pain of healthcare organizations and their IT decision-makers who have to balance the need to modernize with the concerns for patient privacy. Along those lines, our cover story examines the brave new world of the cloud in healthcare and focuses on one CIO who maneuvered through the legal gauntlet of HIPAA-mandated vendor-provider business associate agreements. In another feature, learn how establishing healthy working relationships with vendors can help hospitals get past the anxiety of securely storing documents in a cloud architecture.

Also in this issue, exhaustive research reveals acquisitions taking place in healthcare and finds that artificial intelligence applied to medical imaging is attracting a significant amount of investment dollars. In addition, CIOs can lower the pressure to implement cloud in healthcare programs in their hospitals by following five diagnostic and testing steps that can lead to innovative software applications and successful deployments. And in another feature, we look at the widespread opioid epidemic and the role health IT can play in battling the crisis using weapons like analytics and integrating electronic health records with prescription databases.

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5 steps for creating a healthcare technology innovation plan

Before investing in and implementing a new technology initiative, healthcare CIOs should first diagnose the condition they want to solve. Then they can research possible cures. Continue Reading

In the medical imaging market, AI drives investment dollars

Investors in medical imaging technology leaned toward software that improves AI-related radiology and associated workflows, as evidenced by detailed research. Continue Reading

Opioid crisis solutions include analytics, EHR integration

Health IT stands ready to help battle opioid deaths through greater use of data analytics and improved integration of EHRs and prescription drug databases. Continue Reading

Cloud for healthcare presses on but is slowed by HIPAA anxiety

Facing mounting pressure to take steps toward the healthcare cloud, hospital systems find themselves balancing modern infrastructure trends with HIPAA safeguards. Continue Reading

Why the healthcare BAA makes the cloud journey much tougher

Applying public cloud to healthcare can create a brave new world for hospitals. The CTO of Providence Health & Services strongly advises reading the healthcare BAA very carefully. Continue Reading

Pharmacy benefit manager turns to analytics to fight healthcare fraud

To be able to detect fraud in healthcare more quickly and accurately, a pharmacy benefit manager is turning to advanced data analytics, allowing it to integrate pharmacy and medical claims. Continue Reading

Improving population health goal of data analytics research

Data analytics may be just what the doctor ordered for a Nevada hospital. Findings from a study of genetic, medical, environmental and demographic data could improve population health. Continue Reading

AP uses data.world platform to spread data journalism

Data journalism reporters need tools that deliver quick context for stories on deadline. A data collaboration platform from data.world helps the Associated Press meet such needs. Continue Reading

Top 13 master data management (MDM) buzzwords and definitions

Get the top master data management (MDM) terms, definitions and concepts and learn how MDM can improve your enterprise data. Also get links to useful MDM tutorials, training, video, podcasts and articles. Continue Reading