Cleveland Clinic CIO talks innovation, patient engagement and BYOD
In a recent phone interview, newly minted Cleveland Clinic CIO Edward Marx discussed his position, how to avoid pilot purgatory and his organization's "patients first" mantra.
ImageMoverMD raises $1.1M to streamline task of adding photos, video securely to EHR
Health X Ventures, a new investor, led the funding round for Madison, Wisconsin-based ImageMoverMD joining several other backers.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Don’t wait to secure hospital networks for Apple Watch
With the Apple Watch reportedly selling out everywhere and more than a dozen developers already announcing healthcare apps for the new gadget, hospital IT departments should prepare for another proliferation of mobile devices trying to access their networks, an IT security specialist says.
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 might be fatal for laptops in hospitals
I am not a doctor, but I do some of the same information gathering. When I am reporting at a conference, I use an iPad for all the same reasons a doctor uses one during patient consults. It’s small, it’s light, and it has an Internet connection. I can gather information in one place and […]
Fixing the disconnect in healthcare: Closing the gap between ‘accessible’ and ‘secure’
Connectivity. Security. Engagement. This is our daily mantra at Verizon, especially on our healthcare team, where addressing the challenges and gaps in these three areas has become our core development focus. In my previous installment in this series (Fixing the Disconnect in Healthcare), I shared the importance of strong, reliable connectivity as the starting point […]
Pager hate meets BYOD: MD entrepreneur launches smartphone messaging platform for care teams
Dr. Divya Dhar wants you to know she hates the pager she was given when she became a physician. A lot. They’re unwieldy, time consuming, and don’t have the organizing abilities that SMS technology has. One particularly irksome point is that it reflects little change in the communication technology since her own father became a […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.