Opinion

Opinion

• Information blocking rule aims to facilitate health data exchange

  The recent information blocking rule from ONC penalizes healthcare organizations and EHR vendors that prevent patients from accessing their health data.  Continue Reading

• EHR vendors face competition from IBM, Amazon and others

  IBM and Amazon have introduced new services targeting the healthcare industry. Traditional EHR companies will have to adapt or innovate if they want to fend off obsolescence.  Continue Reading

• Digital voice assistants seek their place in healthcare

  At their respective conferences this spring, Microsoft and Google unveiled new features for their digital assistants that may help them gain adoption in healthcare.  Continue Reading

• March to value-based healthcare results in 'payviders'

  Our columnist's research indicates that value-based care is prompting the creation of 'payviders,' but the pace is slow. Technological considerations also come into play.  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

• Are attitudes toward smartwatches for healthcare changing?

  Some healthcare providers remain skeptical of the use of smartwatches and other wearables for clinical use, but consumers are increasingly adopting the devices for health reasons.  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

• Why every hospital needs a natural disaster recovery plan

  No healthcare organization is immune to natural disasters, which is why it is important to be prepared before calamity strikes, rather than trying to pick up the pieces afterward.  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

• 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

• An inside look at the potential of blockchain in healthcare

  Blockchain could be the solution to fix the tricky problem of healthcare data ownership. Longtime blockchain researcher Adrian Gropper, M.D. explains how it could work.  Continue Reading

• Flash storage trends in healthcare point to NVMe, QLC

  In the alphabet soup of storage technologies, two that health IT professional should pay attention to are QLC and NVMe -- both of which boost flash options.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare APIs weave into common lingo of federal officials

  It's hard to imagine that a federal health policy announcement would have ever included the term 'API', but it's on the minds of health regulators.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation in healthcare boosts patient engagement

  As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, patients expect a top-notch experience accessing their medical information as they bid farewell to paper records.  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

• Healthcare ransomware attacks threaten patient safety

  Worry about health IT cybersecurity has shifted from hacker-triggered health data breaches to ransomware and malware exploits that shut down hospitals and threaten patient safety.  Continue Reading

• New risk to cybersecurity in healthcare: Hacker as a service

  Health IT and hospital security professionals must try to stay ahead of cyberattacks against electronic patient records. But now hackers are prepping the next generation.  Continue Reading

• Apple's health app may reshape patient engagement

  As part of its newest iOS release, Apple's health app will provide iPhone users access to their health records, which could encourage other smartphone companies to do the same.  Continue Reading

• SharePoint for healthcare aids HIPAA compliance, workflow automation

  Hospital IT may have a love-hate relationship with SharePoint, but features like Information Rights Management can help ensure the security of PHI and other health data.  Continue Reading

• Analyzing stored medical image data helps picture the future

  The analytics performed on medical images adds a new dimension to clinical data. For providers, this trend boosts population health management and precision medicine efforts.  Continue Reading

• Apple's HealthKit mHealth platform linked with Mayo Clinic, Epic

  One of Apple's headlining announcements at their Worldwide Developers Conference was the unveiling of HealthKit, an mHealth platform.  Continue Reading

• Cortana opens up the future for a healthcare virtual assistant

  Microsoft recently released their own virtual assistant into the market, inviting thoughts of potential healthcare applications.  Continue Reading