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It's time to start implementing cloud-based services, Shahid N. Shah, the CEO of health IT consultancy Netspective Communications, writes in his latest post on The Healthcare IT Guy blog. But that Read more...
Hospitals more cautious about cloud adoption than physician practices
Hospitals and healthcare systems generally are taking a more cautious, staged approach to adopting cloud-based applications than are stand-alone providers--mainly physician practices--according to a Read more...
Remote users often lax with health data protection
Thanks to mobility, cloud-based storage and web access to office databases, about two-thirds of working professionals have accessed "some type of sensitive data" outside of their offices within the Read more...
Verizon opens HIE services to imaging, test results, small providers
Verizon Communications is making a broader push into health IT by expanding its cloud-based Verizon Medical Data Exchange to support interoperability of digital images and test results, in addition Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA has more problems with paper than electronic data
Paper is much more problematic than electronic data, according to Department of Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker. At a recent press briefing on potential data breaches, Baker noted that one VA Read more...
Verizon introduces cloud-based HIE that will standardize data
Despite ongoing concerns with the security of cloud computing, offsite data storage is booming in healthcare, and companies with lots of storage space are jumping into the market. The latest entrant Read more...
IBM to commit $100M, hire clinicians in health IT innovation plan
IBM is committing $100 million and many of its own scientists and technologists over the next three years to develop innovations that help healthcare professionals and insurance companies deliver Read more...
Microsoft touts cloud computing in healthcare as providers wait for better security
While acknowledging the myriad privacy and security concerns about cloud computing, a top Microsoft healthcare official is touting the technology as an affordable means of network maintenance, health Read more...
Accenture report: Healthcare embracing cloud computing at same high rates as other sectors
About 32 percent of healthcare organizations already use some form of cloud computing, and 73 percent report that they plan to move more applications to the cloud, according to a study from Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Data storage and aggregation
As health IT grows in scope and variety, providers are struggling to store, manage and secure vast amounts of data and figure out how to integrate all that information with multiple applications, Read more...
| Press ReleasesIDS to Debut Latest Mobile Apps at HIMSS 2012Apps Improve Physician Mobility with Unified Worklists, End-to-End Solutions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Integrated Document Solutions (IDS), a pioneer in delivering healthcare Read more >> PathCentral, Inc. Signs Software License Agreement with China-Based Kindstar Globalgene Technology, Inc.Company’s cloud computing solution will enable integration of Kindstar’s laboratory locations and provide connectivity with 2,000+ hospital clients across China IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> |
