Network Infrastructure
Mount Sinai Health System has selected Cambridge, Mass.-based InterSystems' HealthShare as its interoperability platform for long-term growth.
Despite the many potential rewards of networked healthcare, the risks are very real -- and potentially catastrophic -- when it comes to wearable and implantable medical devices, a new report shows.
The electronic health record system at Boston Children's Hospital crashed on Friday, March 20, and remained down until Wednesday March, 25, the Boston Globe reports.
At no other time in history has there been such a concentrated push for interoperability as there is today. But that doesn't mean the road to connected care will be an easy one.
The reaction to the long-anticipated Stage 3 meaningful use rules has been slow in coming, but a few people have managed to wade through the hundreds of pages since they were released late Friday afternoon. They're cautiously optimistic.
Fifteen months after Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner signed a contract that keeps them in partnership for the next 10 years, Intermountain, known around the world for its pioneering ways, is trailblazing again.
(SPONSORED) When attendees hit the HIMSS15 show floor, they will be dazzled by technologies with the potential to improve care and health outcomes and lower costs. But many of these technologies depend on connectivity. Without a secure, fast, and reliable network, these products will fail to meet their full potential.
Some comments made by Epic's head of interoperability in a Senate HELP Committee Tuesday have triggered members of the CommonWell Health Alliance to fire back at the Verona, Wisconsin-based EHR giant.
A relative newcomer to the C-suite, the chief medical information officer title continues to redefine itself. One frustrated CMIO captured the anxiety of this new role when he referred to himself as the "chief apology officer."
Healthcare organizations willing to break the tried-and-true approach to acquiring IT products are creating applications that are more closely aligned with their needs. And potentially getting equity in a successful startup.