Kate Spies

Eric Swanson, who spearheads Michigan's Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships, explains the state's MiCloud initiative, benefits, challenges, and the entrepreneurial spirit fueling the transition.

Among the states deploying cloud computing infrastructures for a variety of agencies, Delaware and Michigan are aiming to bring public health entities into the fold.

“One patient, one record,” the goal of Maine’s leading healthcare system MaineHealth, in implementing a system-wide electronic health record, is nearly half way there when it comes to its physician practices.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Nuance Communications have partnered to develop natural language processing solutions to alter the way that clinical data is captured and processed. The two are looking to extend the presence and functionality of clinical language understanding (CLU)-enabled technologies.

With its recent release of new hospital hardware and software, JAOtech believes hospital patients and staff will have higher-quality access to the Internet, electronic medical records, and an array of education and entertainment tools.