Information Technology - November 2013
Does enterprise architecture have a place in healthcare?
Enterprise architecture has emerged to help institutions in many markets build new operating models and connect their as-is and to-be business strategies and IT capabilities
11/22/2013
IT trends shaping the future of healthcare
Beyond meaningful use, security and interoperability, these issues are top of mind for IT leaders
11/19/2013
Digital healthcare bringing many changes to how healthcare is delivered, study says
Healthcare technology may mean gains in efficiency, but it's not clear what happens to quality of care
11/12/2013
Electronic health tools may cut in-person physician visits
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Commonwealth Fund say the growing use of health information technology and electronic-health apps will impact the future demand for physicians
11/11/2013
Report examines health IT and quality measurement
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report discusses the expectation that health IT-enabled quality measurement can make quality improvement possible
11/8/2013
Rural Arkansas hospitals get funds to connect to state HIE
Poorer critical access hospitals often struggle with electronic health record implementation costs
11/7/2013
Michigan health information exchanges connecting data
Great Lakes Health Information Exchange and Michigan Health Connect, the largest of six HIEs in Michigan, will connect more than 3,000 physician offices and 96 hospitals
11/7/2013
Smartphone locators becoming key to mobile workforce management
The number of users of smartphone-based workforce management services in Europe and North America is forecasted to grow from 0.8 million in 2012 to nearly 2.5 million by 2018
11/7/2013
Telemedicine: The days of dismissing it as a mere technology option are over
Advances in health care through audiovisual connections are allowing entirely different ways to spread specialty expertise around, cover shortages of professionals, compete in metropolitan areas and anticipate health reform
11/6/2013