Health care cloud applications and services
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News
13 Nov 2020
Healthcare CIO taps AWS public cloud for research services
The AWS public cloud allowed IT staff at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital to enable precision medicine capabilities for hospital research staff. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Nov 2020
CIOs tasked to make healthcare infrastructure composable
Healthcare is already on the path to becoming composable. The next steps, however, will present challenges and require good stewardship from CIOs, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Oct 2020
VA CIO: COVID-19 has accelerated digital projects
In this Q&A, VA CIO James Gfrerer describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed his priorities for and his approach to digital transformation projects. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Aug 2020
Mayo Clinic leans on Google Cloud for AI success
Mayo Clinic has spent the last 10 months focused on data and analytics initiatives with a long-term goal in mind: to make healthcare data more accessible and meaningful for clinicians. The ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2020
Oracle builds CoVPN volunteer screening tool for NIH
Oracle has developed cloud apps to help healthcare professionals keep track of COVID-19 data including results from clinical trials and lists of volunteers for vaccine trials. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2020
Azure IoT Connector now readies IoMT data for use
Microsoft is previewing a tool that standardizes IoMT data for the clinical setting. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Jul 2020
Future of IoT in healthcare brought into sharp focus
Advancements in AI and the effects of the global pandemic are some of the main drivers that will encourage healthcare organizations to adopt medical IoT. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Apr 2020
Healthcare cloud adoption may be turning another corner
Healthcare cloud adoption has grown at a relatively slow pace, but experts say the tempo is poised to speed up. Learn how channel partners can support hybrid cloud environments. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Feb 2020
Pros and cons of healthcare organizations moving to the cloud
Whether you've already adopted the public cloud or are still considering making the move, read these pros and cons to ensure your healthcare organization is getting the benefits. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Nov 2019
Data silos hinder IoT in healthcare; tech giants could help
Healthcare organizations are starting to see value in breaking down IoT data silos to create a single view of a patient. Tech giants may be uniquely positioned to help. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Aug 2019
Healthcare cloud induces benefits in storage, security
Healthcare sees value in vacating the premises and migrating to the cloud for lower maintenance costs and better storage, disaster recovery, security, AI and analytics. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2019
Anatomage Cloud update supports one-click image viewing
The Anatomage Cloud platform updates reduce workload and enhance collaboration between medical professionals, according to the vendor; the basic cloud platform service is free. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2019
Glassbeam healthcare analytics platform boosts productivity
Glassbeam Clinsights is a cloud-based platform for healthcare professionals to monitor machine health, diagnose part failures, optimize patient scheduling and more. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2019
VitalWare hospital chargemaster maintenance software brings analysis to coding, billing process
A hospital chargemaster maintenance tool is helping two health systems identify and address billing and coding inaccuracies. Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2018
Consumerization of healthcare loomed large in 2018 stories
Our top stories for 2018 are linked by one common and significant trend: The consumerization of healthcare continues to shake things up. Continue Reading
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Infographic
01 Nov 2018
Payer-provider partnerships may fuel future affordable care
Taking an untraditional route to value-based care, payer-and-provider partnerships highlight the collaborations between benefit planners and healthcare systems. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Nov 2018
AI technology in healthcare advances surgical, clinical support
The healthcare industry is beginning to warm up to AI, as the technology helps providers make clinical decisions and assists with certain types of surgery. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Nov 2018
Hospitals battle duplicate medical records with technology
See how IT executives at two healthcare organizations weed out patient identification errors related to duplicate medical records -- a significant problem, according to research. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Nov 2018
Improved patient outcomes underscore convergence efforts
Clinicians, health IT professionals, insurance carriers and others have started a slow roll toward improved patient outcomes using methods based on healthcare reform. Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2018
New effort seeks to standardize business associates agreements
To get new technology into hospitals faster, the Digital Health Collaborative wants to standardize security risk assessments and business associates agreements. Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Oct 2018
Compare EHR systems with these key features in mind
Compare EHR software options and look at the features they offer healthcare organizations for mobile access, certifications, reporting, workflow automation and document management. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Oct 2018
Considering a cloud-based EHR system? Here's what to know
Implementing an EHR platform in the cloud can offer healthcare organizations lower costs and more accessibility, but they must be aware of connectivity and infrastructure drawbacks. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Sep 2018
Ask the right questions before diving in to healthcare CRM
The healthcare CRM market is crowded and it can be difficult to know how to choose the right solution. Our experts outline the right questions to ask before you begin your journey. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2018
Salesforce Health Cloud roadmap boasts payer tools, CX, AI
Salesforce users in healthcare get tools that bring membership and benefits data and insurance utilization and claims data analysis tools into Health Cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Sep 2018
CRM in healthcare: A look inside its muddled world
By some estimates it could be nearly 20 years before healthcare manages true patient engagement. Here's why healthcare CRM is such a challenge for providers today. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Sep 2018
The importance of EHR tools in today's healthcare industry
A strong EHR system can effectively acquire and centralize vital patient information like lab orders, medications, medical history and referrals, if buyers know what they need. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
06 Sep 2018
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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Tip
06 Sep 2018
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
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Opinion
06 Sep 2018
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
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Feature
06 Sep 2018
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
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Opinion
06 Sep 2018
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
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Feature
06 Sep 2018
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
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Feature
27 Jul 2018
Salesforce Health Cloud for Payers brings CRM to insurance
With its CRM system for payers, Salesforce is targeting a competitive market in which health insurers are fighting for members seeking lower costs and better health outcomes. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jun 2018
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
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Feature
11 Jun 2018
At its best, IoT for healthcare bolsters data integration
Healthcare IoT aims for data integration, but interoperability challenges remain. Properly configured connected devices can ease these concerns for health organizations. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jun 2018
AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush out as cloud EHR vendor soars
Jonathan Bush quits as CEO of AthenaHealth in the midst of an unsolicited purchase bid from an activist investor and details surface about domestic abuse in Bush's 2006 divorce. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 May 2018
Components of a cloud-based healthcare disaster recovery plan
As more healthcare organizations turn to the cloud for disaster recovery, IT must address HIPAA requirements and connectivity to ensure data is protected in a DR scenario. Continue Reading
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Guide
09 Apr 2018
Guide to examples of cloud computing in healthcare
The potential of cloud computing in healthcare can no longer be understated as cloud providers step up their security features and undergo testing to ensure HIPAA compliance. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2018
Store medical images using hybrid cloud data storage
Hospitals that face an influx of medical imaging data can benefit from a hybrid cloud model to store data and enable disaster recovery services. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jan 2018
Reduce healthcare security risks with SaaS-based applications
SaaS applications are hosted by external providers and can remain functional if other applications in a healthcare organization are compromised, mitigating the risk of an attack. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jan 2018
CIO explains tech behind integrated healthcare systems and apps
BayHealth Development wanted integrated healthcare systems to provide a coherent experience for patients and physicians. The organization turned to the new Progress Health Cloud. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Jan 2018
Five key components of a future-proof health IT strategy
As healthcare executives begin to build their technology roadmaps, AI and advanced analytics, as well as continuing to focus on security, are essential components to include. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Dec 2015
Cloud medical imaging storage is the way of the future
PACS and VNAs are the image storage standards in healthcare. Cloud medical imaging storage presents benefits that may intrigue healthcare providers to ditch PACS and VNAs. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Nov 2015
The diverse use cases for cloud in healthcare
Healthcare cloud services come in various forms, including analytics models and system backups. Those are two of the reasons cloud has the attention of health IT professionals. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 May 2013
The five crucial steps to achieving PACS integration
Organizations exploring their PACS options must first determine how their system will be used and where it will be hosted, among other concerns. Continue Reading