How accurate are provider directories?
The answer is, ‘not very’. That is according to a paper from Burman et al. (2022). Let’s say you want to schedule an appointment with […]
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Curana & Innovaccer Partner to Improve Outcomes for Senior Living Communities
What You Should Know: – Today, Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that Curana Health is partnering with Innovaccer to build a leading edge […]
HPG Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS
What You Should Know: – Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. (HPG) acquires Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS), a healthcare IT consulting firm with expertise in Epic, […]
AMA Survey on Telehealth
The American Medical Association surveyed its members between November and December of 2021 to examine their current use of telehealth. As outliend in the “2021 […]
Analysis: Is Oracle Cerner Planning to Build A National EHR?
Earlier this month Oracle closed its $28.3B acquisition of Cerner and shortly after Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, outlined Oracle’s vision for Healthcare IT […]
How will telehealth impact health equity?
Will telehealth widen or reduce health disparities? Telehealth may make it easier for individuals who lack transportation to get access to medical care; on the […]
How Can We Reduce Clinician Burnout? Improving Patient and Caregiver Engagement
Carina Edwards, CEO of Quil Health Even as we (hopefully) approach the tail-end of the latest COVID-19 wave, one growing healthcare challenge continues to worsen: […]
Divurgent Appoints Ed Marx as New CEO
Ed Marx, Chief Executive Officer, Divurgent What You Should Know: – Divurgent, a healthcare IT consulting company, today announced it has appointed Ed Marx, a […]
Physicians paid $3 for a telehealth visit?
Is telehealth over before it began? Let’s hope not. First, there is the clinical aspect. While telehealth was vital during the pandemic, it is unclear […]
VDI: Promising Approach for Healthcare IT to Ease Endpoint Management?
Emanuel Pirker, Founder and CEO, Stratodesk Healthcare IT has always faced unique challenges. Among these challenges are the increasing mobility of healthcare workers. Healthcare providers […]
4 Keys to Delivering A Retail-Like Patient Experience Journey
Grant Harland, Retail and Hospitality Industry Analyst at Windstream Enterprise Melinda Cisnero, Healthcare Industry Analyst at Windstream Enterprise When it comes to the quality of […]
Analysis: US Ambulatory EHR Market Shake-Up at HIMSS 2022
During, and in the run-up to, HIMSS earlier this month there were several announcements from US EHR vendors that will shake up the US EHR […]
Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient […]
How often do clinicians use computerized clinical decision support systems?
That is the question Kouri et al. (2022) aim to answer. They conduct a systematic literature review and meta-analysis and find: …overall [computerized clinical decision […]
Dark Data in Healthcare: Health IT’s Next Big Opportunity?
Dr. Christopher Bouton, CEO & Founder, Vyasa Healthcare IT professionals have long faced data challenges – from sorting out storage issues during the Big Data […]
Is Dark Data Healthcare IT’s Next Big Opportunity?
Dr. Christopher Bouton, CEO & Founder, Vyasa Healthcare IT professionals have long faced data challenges – from sorting out storage issues during the Big Data […]
State of Healthcare IT/EHR Staffing in a World with COVID-19
Seann Mulligan, Vice President, Strategic Delivery, HCTec After a year dominated by COVID-19, and even with the rising challenges of the delta variant, Healthcare IT staffing is rebounding. To complicate matters […]
You Need a Cyber Team
By KIM BELLARD Maybe you, like me, are an Olympics fan (in my case: Summer Games, track & field). Most Americans look forward eagerly to […]
Why Healthcare IT Must Embrace Full-Stack Observability for an Increasingly Digital Future
Gregg Ostrowski, Regional CTO of AppDynamics, part of Cisco Long before the pandemic, digital applications were already incredibly important to healthcare organizations, but over the last few […]
Digital health in Europe: Before and after COVID
An interesting report from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies examined the “Use of digital health tools in Europe: before, during and after […]
The real cost of electronic health records
Electronic health records (EHR) are moderns marvels. The ability to communicate and safely store patient information has the potential to greatly improve quality of care. […]
3 Ways Providers Can Navigate COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Successfully
Lisa Romano, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at CipherHealth The New Year brings hope and promises that an end to the COVID-19 pandemic is in […]
Providence-Backed Tegria Acquires Healthcare IT Consulting Firm Cumberland
What You Should Know: – Tegria today announced the acquisition of Cumberland, a leading healthcare IT consulting and services firm for payers and providers. Financial […]
The rise of telemedicine
We have heard much about how COVID-19 has created a paradigm shift in the use of telemedicine. A paper by Patel et al. (2021) uses […]
Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions
Michelle Drolet, CEO of Towerwall, Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as […]
Telehealth Helped Me Beat COVID-19, But It’s Just A Start
Lisa Romano, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at CipherHealth I was the voice of social distancing, a proponent of mask-wearing from the very start. Still, […]
Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards
What You Should Know: – Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released […]
CHIME-KLAS Report Reveals 10 Key EMR Interoperability Trends
What You Should Know: – New CHIME-KLAS interoperability report reveals steady progress in some areas related to interoperability and leaps forward in others. – A […]
Medsphere Acquires Healthcare Relationship Management Platform Marketware
What You Should Know: – Medsphere, a provider of affordable clinical IT systems and support services announced it has acqauired healthcare relationship management and analytics […]
Leveraging Technology and Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Kevin Grauman, President and CEO, QLess After months of uncertainty, hope is finally on the horizon as three viable COVID-19 vaccine candidates are moving closer […]
2020’s Top 20 Digital Health M&A Deals Totaled $50B
Teladoc Health and Livongo Merge The combination of Teladoc Health and Livongo creates a global leader in consumer-centered virtual care. The combined company is positioned […]
CIO: 3 Rules for Meeting ONC/CMS Interoperability, While Improving Cybersecurity
Scott Galbari, CTO, Lyniate Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Lyniate Healthcare data security has been a growing concern for CIOs for the last […]
30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General […]
5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers
Shanti Wilson, Consultant, Freed Associates As if 2020 couldn’t be any more challenging for healthcare providers, new federal rules on interoperability and patient access, granting patients […]
The Modern Approach to Acquiring Healthcare IT
Cheryl Rodenfels, Healthcare Strategist, Nutanix The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the shortcomings of today’s hospital and healthcare IT infrastructure, with many healthcare organizations […]
Recent Executive Hires: CVS Health New President, Cleveland Clinic/Amwell Joint Venture Leadership, Others
Neela Montgomery, EVP & President at CVS Pharmacy/Retail CVS Health Corporation names Neela Montgomery Executive Vice President and President of CVS Pharmacy/Retail, effective November 30, […]
M&A: CompuGroup Medical Acquires eMDs for $240M
What You Should Know: – CompuGroup Medical (CGM) acquires eMDs, Inc. (eMDs), a leading provider of healthcare IT with a focus on doctors’ practices in […]
M&A: Medsphere Systems Corporation Acquires Micro-Office Systems
What You Should Know: – Medsphere acquires Micro-Office Systems (MOS), developer of systems integration and communication tools. MOS will retain its name and will serve […]
COVID-19 Underscores Need for Identity Governance Administration
Wes Wright, CTO at Imprivata If you work in healthcare, chances are that the COVID-19 pandemic forced you to quickly scale up or move staff […]
Why International Expansion Must Remain a Priority for Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, MEDITECH
What You Should Know: – How the top US acute EHR vendors, namely Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, and MEDITECH (+85% share of US acute market in terms of revenues), have progressed on international […]
Cerner Launches AI-Powered Command Center Dashboard for COVID-19 Response
What You Should Know: – Cerner launches a new Command Center dashboard to help organizations visualize and optimize operations in a centralized location by leveraging […]
M&A Analysis: 3 Benefits of Siemens Healthineers’ $16.4B Acquisition of Varian Medical
What You Should Know: – Siemens Healthineers and Varian Medical announce a $16.4B deal in an all-cash transaction on 2nd August 2020. – Deal expected […]
Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the COVID-19 Era
Healthcare IT consultants’ work involving health records may expose them – and their provider and payer clients – to regulatory, legal, financial, and reputational risk. […]
Top 3 Priority Areas for Healthcare CIOs in the Age of COVID-19
What You Should Know: – In the age of COVID-19, healthcare CIOs cite interoperability, cybersecurity, and operationalizing SDOH data priorities as top three priority areas, […]
