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During the panel discussion titled Modernize IT in Healthcare, held at the ServiceNow Knowledge 19 Conference in Las Vegas, Aaron Zuber, Senior Manager of Solution Consulting at ServiceNow, sat down with Brad Newton, Vice President of Information Technology Administration at WellStar Health System; Bhavesh Patel, Director of the IS Program Management Office at WakeMed Health […]
Patient engagement is becoming a priority in the healthcare realm. As noted in the PwC’s Top health industry issues of 2018 report, nearly half of provider organization executives surveyed by the professional services firm said that revitalizing the patient experience was one of their organization’s leading priorities in the short term.1 For good reason: As […]
Nearly three quarters of Americans said they are unaware of, or unable to access telehealth services, even though one in 10 said they had previously used telehealth technology. These were among the findings of a J.D. Power survey of 1,000 Americans, which also found patients between the ages of 18 and 24 to have used […]
Before Mike Pearson became founder and president of Advanced Behavioral Health in Huntington Beach, California, he understood the value of a concise and user-friendly practice management system. The organization he previously worked for as CFO had used one particular system for more than 10 years. THE PROBLEM After realizing that most of his Advanced Behavioral […]
Healthcare has been striving for the Holy Grail of sweeping, seamless, semantic interoperability for a very long time. Progress has been achieved over the past decade, but it’s been in fits and starts, and after many years of well-meaning policy prescriptions, too many major stakeholders – whether they’re health systems, payers or vendors – still […]
Smart devices should be used in social prescribing schemes in the UK to improve quality of life for older people suffering from loneliness, according to a new report by consultancy WPI Economics, commissioned by Vodafone. “GPs and health services should include technology (for example wearable devices, monitoring systems or classes providing lessons on how to […]
Dr NT Cheung has been the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) of Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HA) for the past 26 years. The HA is a statutory body established under the Hospital Authority Ordinance in 1990 and has been responsible for managing Hong Kong’s public hospitals’ services since December 1991. As the CMIO, Dr Cheung […]
Among the many speciality exhibit areas at HIMSS19 will be one called Healthcare of the Future. Not surprisingly, the focus is on innovation – artificial intelligence, chatbots, voice assistants and more – and it will offer attendees the opportunity for hands-on interactions and live demonstrations. “In this booth you will see emerging technologies around wearables, […]
Social determinants of health – access to housing, food, education, transportation, employment and more – are key to wellness, because they're often the barriers that interfere with unmet physical and mental health needs. "If someone is having any challenges around social determinants of health and are battling any physical or mental health need, their priority […]
Consumerism is coming to healthcare in many forms. With mergers and acquisitions like Amazon acquiring PillPack and CVS getting closer to closing its purchase of Aetna, consumerism will be pushing the traditional healthcare system in a new direction. That means hospitals will need to keep pace with clinical mobility to help patients be more involved in decisions about […]