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• Imaging Moves Into The Mainstream

  7/28/2011

  Misperceptions about 2-D imagers are changing fast, which is why 2-D imagers are the fastest-growing category of bar code readers. Only a few years ago, 2-D imagers were (wrongly) considered a niche technology mostly used for reading 2-D bar codes. Now they are becoming the technology of choice for most bar code applications, and lasers are on the way to becoming a niche technology. By Intermec

• Data Sharing In A Crisis Environment

  4/16/2020

  In February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two transformative rulings that give patients unprecedented access to and control over their personal health data. The rules implement interoperability and patient access provisions that empower patients to manage their health electronically. Under typical circumstances, these HHS rulings would have garnered considerable attention; however, the news broke just as America was besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• How Visual Analytics Can Boost Health System Revenue

  12/9/2016

  In healthcare, the term Big Data doesn’t really capture the immensity of information being gathered and shared. For example, the HCA enterprise data warehouse now contains more than 28 petabytes of data. By Rochell Pierce, senior vice president of market development, Aegis Health Group

• FinTechs Made Personal Wealth Management Easier: Can MedTechs Do The Same For Personal Health?

  9/6/2018

  The financial meltdown of 2007 did away with the image of banks as safe havens for wealth. A joint coup between emerging technologies and FinTech innovators triggered a change in how wealth was managed. The idea that an alternative to conventional banking models could exist suddenly seemed viable. FinTech brought a fresh approach to wealth management with digital platforms and mobile apps. These organizations put consumers in direct control of how they manage, move, and spend money. A precedent has been set for the future of wealth management. Can other industries follow suit?

• Curing Healthcare's “Tapeworm Effect” With Technology

  3/28/2018

  The joint venture just announced between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. is anticipated to bring profound transformation to the healthcare industry. By joining forces, these three giants hope to leverage their technological, sales, and investment expertise to address and resolve the many inefficiencies in the current U.S. healthcare system. The objective of this partnership is to harness their considerable scale and operational efficiency to manage healthcare’s rapidly growing costs, placing greater emphasis on providing high-value healthcare services.

• A New Era For IT In Healthcare - Are You Prepared To Achieve The Quadruple Aim?

  5/1/2018

  Information technology professionals have never played a more important role in healthcare or been more responsible for its ultimate success or failure. If information is the new lifeblood of healthcare, data are the platelets that comprise it and IT infrastructure is the circulatory system it moves through. In my 30 years in the industry, I’ve seen technology’s role grow in importance and today I would argue that it is ground zero for each objective of the “Quadruple Aim.”