Bill Siwicki
Precision Medicine
More and more vendors are introducing tools for specific precision medicine capabilities and that makes more work for hospital IT shops that support them.
The president has selected Alex Azar, a George W. Bush Administration alum, to kick-start Obamacare repeal, lower drug prices and further deregulation.
Electronic Health Records
Data from electronic health records combined with other technologies like analytics can help pinpoint patients at risk and encourage caregivers to intervene before a fall occurs.
Telehealth
Community Health System says the program means patients are quickly able to move out of the emergency department and on to the proper level of care.
Telehealth
The medical center jumped in after Hurricane Maria to deliver care services in what it calls a proof-of-concept for using telehealth tools in emergency response.
Precision Medicine
A prominent academic medical center, a supercomputer and a California start-up came together to determine the best regimen for a patient after doctors had tried four previous times.
Privacy & Security
The same strategies used by the U.S. military can be tuned to help healthcare executives stay nimble and prepared for real threats.
Electronic Health Records
While Epic and Cerner lead in ambulatory, Thornberry, Homecare Homebase, MatrixCare, and Practice Velocity come out on top in their respective categories.
Privacy & Security
Don’t panic, but don’t delay in finding out what has been breached and deciding on a course of action.
Telehealth
The center achieved a 130 percent return on investment equating to more than a $48,000 thus far – and it’s only been 90 days.