By Morris Panner – As the healthcare sector embraces value-based care, the patient – not the procedure – is the central focus for providers. But the move to patient-centered care requires several significant deviations from the status quo.
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By Tammy Hawes – Administrative waste, the excess overhead that occurs primarily due to the complexities between providers and payers including time devoted to billing and reporting, is the largest area of waste and accounts for $266 billion a year.
By Kurt Stoever – In an information-laden world, healthcare still stands as one of the globe’s most data-intensive industries. In fact, UNC Charlotte’s Health Informatics and Analytics Data Science Initiative reports that up to 30 percent of the world’s stored data is healthcare-generated.
By Scott Whyte – While attending the recent HIMSS conference, I had the pleasure of getting to visit with Carol Flagg of HealthcareNOW Radio to talk about how the cloud is helping promote innovation in healthcare.
By Matt Ferrari – In early October, I attended the Gartner Symposium/IT Expo in Orlando. As I consider the future of our healthcare solutions, the view of analysts in the market provides important insights that help guide our strategic direction.
Healthcare consumers are familiar with and trust cloud technology, yet nearly one in three still can not easily access their medical records, according to a report released from Ambra Health, “Era of Change: Today’s Healthcare Consumer”.
By Buff Colchagoff – Many of us remember a time when we shared digital information through good old-fashioned floppy disks, which started us on a path for ubiquitous data transfer.
EHNAC announced that it has finalized the criteria for Cloud-Enabled Accreditation Program along with the accreditation achievements of three cloud-computing vendors – FIGmd, Inc.; HealthcarePays Network, LLC; and MedicaSoft.
By John Halamka MD – As I have written about previously, CIOs across the country are telling me that expectations for IT delivery are at an all time high. More must be delivered faster, cheaper, and with greater usability.