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Online column: Healthcare’s Missing a Big (Data) Opportunity
"Big data"—impossibly large and unwieldy data sets that contain, hidden deep within, a treasure trove of potential for healthcare research and discovery, could have a dramatic impact on efficiency, cost, and quality of healthcare.
Online column: 3 Ways Tech Can Help Hospitals Collect
The way Americans pay for healthcare services is changing—and as a result healthcare providers will be forced to take on new or expanded roles as benefits educators and administrators, financial counselors, creditors, and collectors.
Online news: ONC Pledges to Make Patients Meaningful Users, Too
There's been lots of talk about meaningful use of health information technology in the past year and a half, but one user is often left out of the conversation: the patient. Officials from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT concede they have not paid enough attention to patients in developing HIT policies and programs. "We come to this community with humility," said Farzad Mostashari, MD, ONC's national coordinator for health information technology. "This is not something that I personally have been at the forefront of fighting for."
Online news: eHealth Needs Hardware, Too
Although most health 2.0 devices are aimed at consumer end-users, there are benefits to healthcare organizations. For example, devices that allow patients to share their data can help docs track patients after discharge, allowing them to intervene if a patient shows signs deterioration--possibly heading off a visit to the ER or a readmission.
Online column: HIT's Critical Role in Rural Hospital of the Future
A Q&A on the future of rural organizations and health information technology with Tim Size, executive director of the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Online news: Disney Applies RFID Technology to Improve Patient Experience
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a practical tool--often used to keep track of supplies and equipment, for example, or to keep track of surgical instruments such as sponges in the operating room. But a new use for this time-tested technology is emerging: improving the patient experience.
Magazine: The Cost-Quality Conundrum: Imaging
Rife with overutilization and a major driver of healthcare costs, advances in healthcare imaging have also led to earlier detection and saved lives. How to reconcile those competing conditions?
Online column: The Many Costs of Imaging Technologies
Quick: When you think about defensive medicine, what comes to mind? For me, it’s imaging technologies. Try going to your primary care physician’s office on a Friday afternoon and telling her you have a slight pain in your abdomen. You’ll be holding your nose and swigging a barium cocnktail in no time as technicians warm up the CT scan machine. You—or, more accurately, your health insurer—will spend a lot of money to find out whether your appendix is about to burst or if that burrito with extra jalapeño peppers you ate last night is to blame.
Magazine: A Data Gold Mine
Tech-savvy hospitals are using EMR data to conduct clinical research, improve quality, and inform business decisions.
Magazine: Web-Based Wonders
Cyber portals unite competitors, engage patients, and improve safety.
Online column: Five Healthcare Technologies to Improve Quality and Patient Safety
There are so many new, cool things happening in the world of healthcare technology that it's impossible to keep up—which is why my inbox is cluttered with e-mails from PR folks who are "just checking" to make sure I got their e-mail . . . for the fourth time. So, since today is National Clean Out Your Inbox Day (OK, there's no such day—but there should be), here are a few cool healthcare technologies that hospitals are using to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and help clinicians practice safer medicine.
Online column: Ready or Not, Tech-Savvy e-Patients are Coming
The patient of the future—also known as the e-Patient—is technologically savvy, information hungry, and has a sense of entitlement about the level of service and the types of services they want. They'll demand up-to-date, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-access information about the cost of care and billing, online appointment scheduling, the ability to e-mail their physicians, and hospital Web sites that have more information than can be found on Google maps. The patient of the future will put plenty of demands on healthcare organizations in general and healthcare IT departments in particular.
Magazine: Are Social Media's Rewards Worth the Risks?
Marc Needham, director of Web technology at Scripps Health in San Diego, walked into the meeting with a stack of papers the size of a phone book. It contained printouts from all the Web sites where people were talking about Scripps—including reviews on sites such as Yelp.com, blog posts, videos, news stories, and reader comments about the four-hospital system. "Here are some examples of the conversations that are happening," he told the room. "And we need to be a part of it." (Read more.)
Magazine: Imaging Wars
Hospitals arm themselves with technology to attract physicians and consumers and keep the competition at bay. When the 16-slice CT scan debuted, physicians and hospitals coveted it for its amazing clinical capabilities. Then came the 64-slice CT, and while some wondered if the advances were significant enough to justify the expense of an upgrade—not to mention the increase in data storage and other support requirements—others were running the numbers to see if they could be the first in the market to own the latest imaging wonder. And when more or less everyone had either a 16-slice or 64-slice CT, lo and behold, along came the 264-slice CT. And digital mammography. And 3D ultrasound. And dexa scans. (Read more.)
"Big data"—impossibly large and unwieldy data sets that contain, hidden deep within, a treasure trove of potential for healthcare research and discovery, could have a dramatic impact on efficiency, cost, and quality of healthcare.
Online column: 3 Ways Tech Can Help Hospitals Collect
The way Americans pay for healthcare services is changing—and as a result healthcare providers will be forced to take on new or expanded roles as benefits educators and administrators, financial counselors, creditors, and collectors.
Online news: ONC Pledges to Make Patients Meaningful Users, Too
There's been lots of talk about meaningful use of health information technology in the past year and a half, but one user is often left out of the conversation: the patient. Officials from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT concede they have not paid enough attention to patients in developing HIT policies and programs. "We come to this community with humility," said Farzad Mostashari, MD, ONC's national coordinator for health information technology. "This is not something that I personally have been at the forefront of fighting for."
Online news: eHealth Needs Hardware, Too
Although most health 2.0 devices are aimed at consumer end-users, there are benefits to healthcare organizations. For example, devices that allow patients to share their data can help docs track patients after discharge, allowing them to intervene if a patient shows signs deterioration--possibly heading off a visit to the ER or a readmission.
Online column: HIT's Critical Role in Rural Hospital of the Future
A Q&A on the future of rural organizations and health information technology with Tim Size, executive director of the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Online news: Disney Applies RFID Technology to Improve Patient Experience
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a practical tool--often used to keep track of supplies and equipment, for example, or to keep track of surgical instruments such as sponges in the operating room. But a new use for this time-tested technology is emerging: improving the patient experience.
Magazine: The Cost-Quality Conundrum: Imaging
Rife with overutilization and a major driver of healthcare costs, advances in healthcare imaging have also led to earlier detection and saved lives. How to reconcile those competing conditions?
Online column: The Many Costs of Imaging Technologies
Quick: When you think about defensive medicine, what comes to mind? For me, it’s imaging technologies. Try going to your primary care physician’s office on a Friday afternoon and telling her you have a slight pain in your abdomen. You’ll be holding your nose and swigging a barium cocnktail in no time as technicians warm up the CT scan machine. You—or, more accurately, your health insurer—will spend a lot of money to find out whether your appendix is about to burst or if that burrito with extra jalapeño peppers you ate last night is to blame.
Magazine: A Data Gold Mine
Tech-savvy hospitals are using EMR data to conduct clinical research, improve quality, and inform business decisions.
Magazine: Web-Based Wonders
Cyber portals unite competitors, engage patients, and improve safety.
Online column: Five Healthcare Technologies to Improve Quality and Patient Safety
There are so many new, cool things happening in the world of healthcare technology that it's impossible to keep up—which is why my inbox is cluttered with e-mails from PR folks who are "just checking" to make sure I got their e-mail . . . for the fourth time. So, since today is National Clean Out Your Inbox Day (OK, there's no such day—but there should be), here are a few cool healthcare technologies that hospitals are using to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and help clinicians practice safer medicine.
Online column: Ready or Not, Tech-Savvy e-Patients are Coming
The patient of the future—also known as the e-Patient—is technologically savvy, information hungry, and has a sense of entitlement about the level of service and the types of services they want. They'll demand up-to-date, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-access information about the cost of care and billing, online appointment scheduling, the ability to e-mail their physicians, and hospital Web sites that have more information than can be found on Google maps. The patient of the future will put plenty of demands on healthcare organizations in general and healthcare IT departments in particular.
Magazine: Are Social Media's Rewards Worth the Risks?
Marc Needham, director of Web technology at Scripps Health in San Diego, walked into the meeting with a stack of papers the size of a phone book. It contained printouts from all the Web sites where people were talking about Scripps—including reviews on sites such as Yelp.com, blog posts, videos, news stories, and reader comments about the four-hospital system. "Here are some examples of the conversations that are happening," he told the room. "And we need to be a part of it." (Read more.)
Magazine: Imaging Wars
Hospitals arm themselves with technology to attract physicians and consumers and keep the competition at bay. When the 16-slice CT scan debuted, physicians and hospitals coveted it for its amazing clinical capabilities. Then came the 64-slice CT, and while some wondered if the advances were significant enough to justify the expense of an upgrade—not to mention the increase in data storage and other support requirements—others were running the numbers to see if they could be the first in the market to own the latest imaging wonder. And when more or less everyone had either a 16-slice or 64-slice CT, lo and behold, along came the 264-slice CT. And digital mammography. And 3D ultrasound. And dexa scans. (Read more.)
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