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• How Private Capital Is Accelerating Interoperability

  12/1/2015

  According to venture capital firm Rock Health, “Funding of digital health companies in 2015 is closely mirroring 2014’s record-breaking year, with funding surpassing $2B through the first half.” At this year’s Health IT Leadership Summit in Atlanta, executives from a group of fast-growth, venture-backed health IT companies spoke about the relationship between private capital and innovations in healthcare interoperability. One central theme emerging from the panel discussion: to secure investment capital, companies must demonstrate how their technologies solve key business challenges, in addition to technical ones. By Kirk Elder, Chief Technology Officer, Wellcentive

• Lessons From The ER: How Doctors Can Successfully Drive The Adoption Of Virtual Care And Expand Their Practice

  7/8/2016

  Emergency rooms and urgent care practices are busier than ever. The Affordable Care Act has inarguably created the increase in patients seeking services and, as a result, more patients will use the ER as a place to receive after-hours care. Additionally, patients use the ER and urgent care practices for illnesses or injuries that could be treated without creating additional foot traffic. Often times, doctors treat common and less urgent illnesses such as sore throats, ear pain or fevers when 40 percent of these visits could be handled outside of the traditional clinic setting.

• How Imaging Interoperability Creates Value For Emerging Healthcare Models

  11/14/2016

  Value-based imaging, according to the American College of Radiology’s Imaging 3.0 initiative, is the path to moving radiology as a specialty out of the fee-for-service modality and into the care-quality improvement and patient-experience enrichment model upon which reimbursements for all healthcare providers will soon be based. By Matthew Michela, President and CEO, lifeIMAGE

• How To Prevent Small, Simple Mistakes From Turning Into Big Problems

  6/24/2019

  Another day, another healthcare data breach. According to a recent study, more than 11.5 million healthcare records were breached in 2018. While the industry continues to focus on external attackers looking to infiltrate networks and steal information, in reality, one of the biggest threats healthcare organizations face are accidental data breaches. Yet even simple mistakes like misaddressed emails can turn into massive breaches and HIPAA compliance nightmare scenarios.

• Beyond The Hype: How AI Will Drive The Rise Of Real-Time Analytics In Healthcare

  3/27/2018

  Interest in artificial intelligence applications in radiology, clinical settings and operations is exploding, but its use in everyday settings in healthcare thus far has been more hype than reality.

• Ensuring Data Security Amid An Ever-Increasing Flow Of Medical Information

  12/13/2018

  The rapid advance of technology is dramatically impacting workforce behavior across multiple generations, from Millennials to baby boomers. Today’s worker expects the same innovation, convenience, and security they experience as consumers to aid them in the workplace. Unfortunately, this is often not the case in the life sciences and healthcare arena.