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• 4 Keys To Successful Implementation Of Any Healthcare Technology

  2/14/2018

  We all know that the healthcare industry is undergoing an intense season of change, largely in response to an evolving political and regulatory climate. Operating a healthcare business is becoming increasingly complex, with mounting pressure to improve operational processes and maintain profitability despite ever narrowing margins. Fortunately, there are seemingly endless health and information management technologies available to help organizations improve operational efficiency.

• Efficient Cancer Care Through Informatics: 3 Ways The Process Is Broken And A Path Forward

  6/28/2019

  In 2012, within a relatively short period of time, my wife and I lost three close family members to different types of cancer. Back then, I was spending most of my energy on a horse-racing business with two big farms and 350 horses. But after my sister-in-law died from cancer at 40, at the height of our grieving period, my wife asked me why I was wasting all my time and money on horses when I could be doing something about this. She knows I like complex problems. My first thought was – I’m not a physician, how am I going to impact cancer care? But the question nagged at me.

• UPMC Scales Its Network With SDN

  3/6/2020

  Healthcare provider and insurer, UPMC is the largest non-governmental employer in the state of Pennsylvania. It operates 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals, 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites and offers an array of rehabilitation, retirement and long-term facilities. For UPMC’s IT department that means a lot of add moves and changes to administer and, with a 12 percent average annual growth rate, a lot of new users and branch offices to add. Before adopting SDN in its data centers and SD-WAN for branch connectivity, scaling UPMC’s network was a costly part of the business.

• Consumers Must Be The Focus Of Providers' Value-Based Technology For Managing Risk

  1/16/2020

  Providers negotiating risk-based health plan contracts or considering Medicare Value-Based payment options have to decide how they are going to avoid devastating financial losses. As capitation re-emerges as a dominant payment type, providers are using various technologies to supplement their current EHRs and financial systems. Their priorities are on spotting patients and providers who may generate "excessive" costs compared to targets and improve performance.

• A Great Communications Strategy Is No Cure For A Terrible Cyber Security Plan

  5/15/2015

  It has been more than three months since 80 million people had their most sensitive data stolen during the largest healthcare data breach ever at Anthem Inc. From a crisis management perspective Anthem checked all the boxes. However, from an IT perspective, it failed to protect its customer data, allowing “hackers” to use a stolen employee password to access the database. Unfortunately for Anthem’s 80 million exposed customers, the company is learning its security lesson the hard way. For others in the healthcare industry it presents an opportunity to do better. By Cameron Burke, SVP Business Development, DeliverySlip

• Cloud 101 For Medical Practices: Myths On Life Support

  5/2/2017

  Cloud migration involves placing data and applications off-premises and online, shifting the focus from locally-based technology to remote access and deployment.