Category Archives: Medical
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) represent another new development in the way healthcare is delivered and managed. Because they operate more like a traditional non-healthcare business, they need specifically appropriate yet broadly functional technology applications.
Posted in Medical, Vertical Markets
Leave a comment
Business technology has always served a vital role in healthcare, especially in diagnosis and treatment. More recently, advanced telecommunications technologies have fueled widespread changes throughout the healthcare industry. There is even an American Telemedicine Association, created to promote the use … Continue reading
Posted in Medical
Leave a comment
The Ponemon Institute recently revealed some serious concerns regarding security of patient health data in our increasingly technology-driven medical environment. Over the past year, data breaches increased a whopping 32 percent, and a major risk culprit is mobile devices. 81 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Medical, Vertical Markets
Leave a comment
Healthcare is on the minds of many these days. Medical issues are a frequent subject of public commentary as well as discussions among both state and federal regulators. That interest extends to healthcare technology.
Posted in Blog, Business, Medical, Technology
Leave a comment
Every year Gartner, Inc., a technology research firm, makes future predictions based on their extensive study of wide-ranging businesses and industries. Perhaps not surprisingly, Gartner’s predictions for the next few years include significant technology-based changes for the medical community.
Posted in Blog, Business, Medical, Technology
Leave a comment
With new technology rapidly changing the way healthcare is administered, tracked and reported it’s no wonder people are confused and skeptical. Myths abound. And as with all myths, some have a basis in truth and some are just wrong.
The topic of HIPAA security is typically grounds for most medical professionals to start running away (but please don’t because I’ve got some really great insight to share!). Perhaps it’s because computer security isn’t exactly of the same nature as family … Continue reading
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), medical professionals, hospitals and practices that invest in electronic health records technology may be eligible to benefit from over $36 billion in government financial incentives. While it sounds peachy keen … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disaster Preparedness, Medical, Vertical Markets
Tagged ehr, meaningful use, medical technology
Leave a comment
When patients arrive for a doctor’s appointment, some degree of wait time is anticipated. Occasionally, they wait a long time causing tensions to rise for both the patient and the office admin sitting behind the window. If the situation is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Medical, Vertical Markets
Tagged medical, medical it, patient wait times, technology
Leave a comment
The digitalization of medical records sounds like a dream come true for practitioners whose offices are often cluttered with charts. The meaningful use stimulus bill provides reimbursement funds from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services ranging from $44,000 to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Medical, Vertical Markets
Tagged digital records, ehr, emr, medical records
Leave a comment
|
Search |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 | |||
