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Healthcare Cloud Computing $12.8 Billion by 2020
by Dan Gatti The global health care sector outlook for 2015 is mixed. Treatment advancements and government initiatives to increase access to care should drive sector expansion but pressure to reduce costs is escalating. Growing populations and consumer wealth are increasing demand for health care services but aging societies and chronic diseases are forcing health […]
Healthcare Unstructured Data
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 […]
Online Patient Reviews-Important? Useful?
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 […]
5 ways hospitals can use Instagram successfully.
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 […]
How analytics has changed Geisinger
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, […]
3 ways data analytics can transform healthcare
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 […]
Smart Phones moving mountains in patient engagement
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 […]
Remote Monitoring Lowers Hospital Admissions
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 […]
