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Healthcare Unstructured Data

Healthcare Unstructured Data

| October 24, 2015

by George Leopold Unstructured data is estimated to account for nearly 80 percent of health care information, a hodge-podge of physicians’ notes, sensor data from medical devices, lab results, X-ray and MRI images along with clinical and financial data. Add to the mix several layers of patient privacy and medical IT regulations and you get […]

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Online Patient Reviews-Important? Useful?

Online Patient Reviews-Important? Useful?

| September 15, 2015

By Jeff Segal Two questions to explore: Are online patient reviews important? What determines if patients will write them? The first question is easy to answer. Yes, patient reviews are important and becoming a key factor in the viability and prosperity of medical practices. A 2014 Research Letter in JAMA concluded: “Fifty-nine percent of respondents […]

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5 ways hospitals can use Instagram successfully.

5 ways hospitals can use Instagram successfully.

| August 22, 2015

By Emily Marchak When you think of industries that are obvious candidates for Instagram, food, fashion and travel make the short list. The delicious. The beautiful. The adventurous. These were the early adopters of the visual storytelling platform that helped build a community of more than 300 million. Meanwhile, the healthcare industry has been a […]

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How analytics has changed Geisinger

How analytics has changed Geisinger

| July 5, 2015

President and CEO Glenn Steele Jr., MD, foresees even bigger, more disruptive changes Q: What’s finally bringing about that change? Improvements in the technology or shifts in attitudes and awareness? A: Oh, I think it’s both. I think it’s both, and I think the more critical rate limiter is the attitudes and the intrinsic behavior, […]

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3 ways data analytics can transform healthcare

3 ways data analytics can transform healthcare

| June 20, 2015

By Katie Dvorak Analytics can and will change healthcare as we know it–but several obstacles remain, according to David Lee Scher, M.D., director at DLS Healthcare Consulting LLC. Currently, data collected by healthcare entities is “warehoused in a contextual vacuum,” Scher writes in his blog, “The Digital Health Corner.” To truly make use of the […]

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Smart Phones moving mountains in patient engagement

Smart Phones moving mountains in patient engagement

| May 30, 2015

Written by John Smithwick, CEO, RoundingWell | May 27, 2015 From EMRs to wearables, transformative technologies are reshaping the way healthcare is delivered today. And mobile devices are a critical cog in the modern healthcare machine: 90 percent of Americans now own a mobile device, and they spend an average of 43 minutes per month on […]

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Remote Monitoring Lowers Hospital Admissions

Remote Monitoring Lowers Hospital Admissions

| May 15, 2015

Less Intensive Remote Monitoring Follow-Up May Improve Long-Term Outcomes Study published in the April issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research MAY 13, 2015, BOSTON, MA — A recent study to evaluate the effectiveness of a remote monitoring program for heart failure patients conducted by Partners HealthCare Connected Health demonstrated significantly lower hospitalization and […]

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Apple, IBM expand partnership with Watson Health Cloud

Apple, IBM expand partnership with Watson Health Cloud

| April 14, 2015

By Collen Kriel. IBM has announced the launch of a new cognitive computing platform called Watson Health Cloud. The platform will enable storage of health-related data for physicians, researchers, insurers and companies in the healthcare sector. It will also enable the sharing of data from various devices including personal fitness trackers, connected medical devices and […]

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