Health care cloud applications and services

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

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

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

Azure IoT Connector now readies IoMT data for use

Microsoft is previewing a tool that standardizes IoMT data for the clinical setting. Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Value-based care induces payer-provider convergence

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cloud for healthcare presses on but is slowed by HIPAA anxiety

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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