Mobile Workstations From The Editor

  1. Measuring Clinical Transformation 6/16/2011
    Early this month, HIMSS (The Health Information Management Systems Society) released its first-ever industry survey intended to measure the level of clinical transformation occurring in the healthcare industry.
  2. 'Knowing Your Physicians' Is Key To EHR Success 6/10/2011
    Health IT Outcomes was a media sponsor of the NG Healthcare Summit in Scottsdale, AZ last week — a distinction that provided me with the opportunity to attend the event in person.
  3. Cloudy Days Ahead For Health IT? 5/27/2011
    Cloud computing has received several black eyes over the past few weeks. First, there was the Amazon EC2 (Elastic Cloud) outage April 21-22 that brought down many businesses and websites. Some of the data was unable to be recovered and transactions were lost.
  4. Overcoming The Telehealth Reimbursement Hurdle 5/19/2011
    Six weeks ago, I wrote a column titled Telehealth’s Untapped Potential, which outlined that while telehealth technologies offer some compelling benefits to the healthcare community, they aren’t being adopted en masse due to reimbursement, liability, and HIPAA concerns.
  5. ACO Rules Under Fire 5/13/2011
    Questions and concerns surrounding ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) have been well documented in the healthcare industry ever since the first healthcare reform proposals started making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
  6. The Life-Saving Potential Of Social Media 5/5/2011
    Social media has established itself as a ubiquitous communication vehicle in American society and has been instrumental in reuniting long lost friends, igniting romantic relationships, connecting job seekers with new career opportunities, and even rallying people toward common causes or goals.
  7. Weathering The Healthcare Mobility Storm 4/29/2011
    Like it or not, the use of mobile devices in the healthcare industry is beginning to explode. According to recent research by Bulletin Healthcare, physician use of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile communication devices increased 45% between June 2010 and February 2011.
  8. EHR Progress In The Medical Practice 4/21/2011
    I’m not sure which is increasing at a faster pace — EHR adoption rates or studies about EHR adoption rates. The latest in a string of EHR-related studies, titled Electronic Health Records: Status, Needs, and Lessons 2011, was released a few weeks ago by MGMA (The Medical Group Management Association).
  9. Health IT Industry Feels Ripples From Japan Quake 4/14/2011
    Last month’s 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was one of the most tragic natural disasters in recent history. In its wake, the region is struggling to cope with the loss of loved ones, mass scale destruction, and the constant threat of a nuclear meltdown.
  10. Telehealth's Untapped Potential 4/8/2011
    The U.S. healthcare system has undoubtedly gained heightened awareness of IT over the past few years. For example, government mandates are driving providers to adopt EHRs to improve operational efficiency and allow patient data to be easily shared among providers.