In case you missed it, the 2016 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition was Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, where 41,885 health IT professionals and enthusiasts descended on the Venetian, Palazzo and Sands Expo Center to hear industry leaders speak on the past, present and future of health IT. The event kicked off as […]
With millions of impressions, 143,164 Tweets by the beginning of day three and even encouraging a national Twitter trend, attendees at 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition were all a-twitter on Twitter about what the conference had to offer, from keynote speakers Michael Dell and Peyton Manning to the HealthTech Demo Zone to those ever-increasing lines for caffeine. Download our Free eBook: […]
Connect to your patients in a whole new way with Salesforce Health Cloud, the first Salesforce product built specifically for healthcare. Salesforce Health Cloud is a cloud-based patient relationship management solution that enables proviiders to gain a complete view of the patient with integrated data from EMRs, wearables and more; make smarter care decisions, engage […]
While the first HIMSS conference debuted in 1962 with only 54 attendees (and the exhibition didn’t debut until 1983 with ten exhibitors), the present-day HIMSS Conference and Exhibition draws in a lot more healthcare IT industry interest. The conference, held Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, Nev., will have more than 500 speakers […]
With HIMSS 2016 right around the corner (Feb. 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas, NV), the health IT world is placing its bets on what the hot industry topics will be at the annual conference. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a list of more than 35 great healthcare IT leaders who will be engaging […]
Similar to the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, healthcare IT will play a critical role in tracking the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes flulike symptoms in patients and is particularly concerning for pregnant women. The virus is currently spreading in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, and disease surveillance technology is key […]
In the beginning, the benefits of health IT for patients and their families were to reduce paperwork, help doctors coordinate patients' care, protect their patient info, reduce unnecessary tests, ensure the correct medication is prescribed and allow patients to access their own records. Years after the inception of moving paper medical records to electronic, health IT benefits […]
As more healthcare organizations realize the need for a CISO in addition to a CIO, the CISO is becoming healthcare organizations’ most valuable player against data breaches. These Chief Information Security Officer positions are hard to fill, and when a business does find them, they’re hard to keep, said a USA Today article on the […]
As more and more go-lives are completed and hospital staff are trained for EHR utilization, "healthcare analytics" is a topic increasingly brought up in conversation among health IT professionals and physicians. In 2016, healthcare organizations will continue to focus on analytics and the ability to transform large amounts of data into meaningful information that can be utilized […]
Cognitive computing and virtual care are among the big IT trends that will transform healthcare delivery in the next 12-36 months, say industry analysts at IDC, a leading IT advisory firm. The group is forecasting increased adoption of new technologies to improve diagnoses, reduce cost and mortality and personalize the patient experience. IDC Research […]
Connected health, or cHealth, can possibly save patients with major chronic conditions between $1,000 and $2,000 annually, according to a new report from Deloitte. The report, “Accelerating the Adoption of Connected Health,” explores how the increasingly competitive healthcare market is prompting many healthcare organizations to streamline and improve care delivery, including increasing care accessibility and […]
IBM's top physician says the supercomputing power of Watson will help healthcare providers “personalize and predict outcomes.” Kyu Rhee, MD, is a primary care physician and the Chief Health Officer for IBM's workforce. According to Fortune, Rhee is joining IBM's Watson Health unit with the same title. “This is really the natural evolution of what […]