Health IT, Emergency Preparedness and Public Health IOM Forum: Presenting a...
I recently joined a panel of learned colleagues working in public health, telemedicine and acute care at an Institute of Medicine (IOM) forum focusing on the state of our nation’s healthcare system...
View ArticleManaging the Genomic Information Explosion
Below is a guest blog from Alice Borrelli, director of Global Healthcare Policy for Intel. During today’s forum, hosted by Intel Corporation, The Aspen Institute and Bipartisan Policy Center, we will...
View ArticleMobile Health Technology and the Power to Improve Patient Care
The 2013 mHealth Summit is coming up next week and will feature a tremendous lineup of sessions and exhibitors all focused on mobile health IT. Below is a guest blog from Ken Jarvis, Director, Health...
View ArticlemHealth Summit: Eyes on Funding Trends
For the past four years, I’ve watched thousands of health and technology influencers, developers, policy makers, business leaders, and others pack themselves into the mHealth Summit for a glimpse at...
View ArticleCapitalizing on the Power of Big Data for Healthcare; 5 Steps to Get Started
As the healthcare industry transitions from fee-for-service to fee-for-value, and to team-based care models that require a high degree of care coordination (such as PCMH), a more holistic, 360 degree...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 mHealth Summit
I have been going to the mHealth Summit for the past four years. As much as the mHealth industry is progressive and dynamic, it is also in some ways very slow to develop as many of the discussions and...
View ArticleHealthcare Payment Reform: A Look into the Future
It used to be so simple. A patient arrived at the office, the clinicians analyzed their problem, performed a service, and sent a bill. Next. Even though I am wildly overstating the simplicity of...
View ArticleImproving the Inpatient Experience: Checking in with a Tablet
Below is a guest blog submission from Ashley Rodrigue, Healthcare Ambassador at Lenovo. Without a doubt, technology has transformed how healthcare providers deliver care. Providers are increasingly...
View Article3 Opportunities to Get Value from Health IT Big Data
Below is a guest blog from Terri Kennedy, Director of Product Management at Allscripts. In his keynote address at the Allscripts Client Experience (see video below), Dr. Rasu Shrestha from University...
View ArticleA Physician’s Perspective on Health IT Mobility
Mobile point-of-care has dramatically changed clinicians’ workflows. An additional benefit may be the impact on patients. Mobile technology has empowered patients and brought a renewed sense of...
View ArticlePersonal Health Technologies Help to Answer the $4.6 Trillion Dollar Question
In the currently raging debates about healthcare, there’s little attention to population aging and the cost of care — two critical trends that I call the $4.6 trillion question. By 2020, there will...
View ArticleNY State Puts Focus on Health Apps
Below is the fifth in a series of guest posts from Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, the commissioner of health for the state of New York. Look for more of his blogs in the Intel Health & Life Sciences...
View Article5 Questions for Dr. Andrew Watson, UPMC
Dr. Andrew Watson is a leader in applying telemedicine and other health information technology to the improvement of patient care. A fourth-generation surgeon who specializes in colorectal and...
View ArticleNurses Share Perspectives on Health IT
Nurses are vital to the implementation and adoption of healthcare technology. In the above video conversation, Intel expert Joan Hankin, MSN, RN, sits down with Elizabeth "Betty" T. Jordan, DNSc,...
View ArticleTablets in the Health IT Enterprise: What to Consider
As mobile device and app makers focus their attention on improving user experience and workflow issues, healthcare organizations continue to strive for the best mix of technology suitable for the...
View ArticleHow to Handle the “Grey Region” of Health IT Privacy
Healthcare workers are increasingly empowered with apps, devices, social media, wearables and the Internet of Things. Concurrent with this trend is the widespread adoption of BYOD (Bring Your Own...
View ArticleBringing Mobile Capabilities to the…Desktop?
As HIMSS14 approaches, we are rolling out a pre-show guest blog series from health IT industry experts on trends you can expect to hear about at the event. Below is a guest contribution from Alan...
View ArticleAdd These Items to Your HIMSS To-Do List
While many of us can’t wait to get to sunny Orlando to escape this year’s cold winter temperatures, HIMSS14 is actually a great opportunity to see the newest health IT devices that clinicians will be...
View ArticleJack Andraka Demonstrates Healthcare Innovation
Not too long ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Jack Andraka, the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair award winner, to discuss innovation, cancer research and diagnostics,...
View ArticleMaximizing ROI for Epic* and Caché* in the Datacenter: HackensackUMC
In one of my previous blogs, I talked about the top three benefits of an open, standards-based server architecture for Epic EHR. This time around, I’d like to highlight Hackensack University Medical...
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