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• Top Digital Health Trends For 2020

  12/17/2019

  Last month saw the rollout of the latest upgrades to Amazon’s Echo speaker line: earbuds, glasses, and a ring that connect to Amazon’s personal assistant Alexa. These new products are just three examples of a growing trend to incorporate technology seamlessly into our human experience, representing the ever-expanding frontiers for technology that have moved far past the smartphone.

• Will HIMSS 18 Address The Disruption Of The Traditional Office Visit?

  2/12/2018

  Healthcare is evolving quickly and HIMSS 18 offers a broad range of healthcare issues to explore. New requirements for implementing HIT systems are changing as new health IT priorities and procedures emerge. Convergence in the health care sector is accelerating the need for interoperability, not just for EHRs, but also across clinical, financial, and operational systems. This need is also challenging and changing one of the biggest traditions in healthcare—the doctor-patient medical visit.

• The Business Case For Making A Good First Impression At Patient Check-In

  5/11/2017

  It takes just seven seconds to make a first impression according to a New York University study, so imagine the impression patients are getting at the point of check-in.

• Riding The Herd To Transformational Success

  12/1/2016

  There is an unpleasant truth that almost any CIO or senior insurance executive is loath to admit: at some point in the past he or she has been involved in a large and costly technology initiative that failed spectacularly. It’s especially difficult when the initiative is at the root of the company’s operations, as are many core systems transformation initiatives. Why does this happen? There are many reasons, but many fail as a result of the effects of a kind of herd mentality.

• Guest Column: Are Nurse Call Systems Dead?

  7/19/2011

  CEO, Andrew Rothon, looks at the unprecedented fundamental challenge faced by the Healthcare Industry. That is; how to cope with ever-increasing patient numbers in the face of rising operational costs and tight budgets? It’s a challenge that will continue for the rest of this decade. By Andrew Rothan, CEO, Next Intelligence Health, Inc.(NIQ)
• Healthcare Organizations Need To Think Big When It Comes To Cloud

  9/25/2018

  The fact is, we’re living in what is now being called a multi-cloud world—one that is brought on by the convergence of market drivers with organizational initiatives that are fueling digital transformation. A few that top the list include building out the connected health ecosystem through the expansion of mobile and IoT devices and Big Data for genomics and molecular medicine collaborations. The initiatives, when coupled with new value-based care initiatives, bring together both internal and external players in the industry through mergers and acquisitions (M&A).