Nurses and Health IT Devices
When it comes to patient care, nurses often spend the most amount of time at the bedside and utilize technology to keep the stream of information flowing. In the above discussion, Joan Hankin, MSN,...
View ArticlePreventing Readmissions through Virtual Care
A recent post on the Microsoft in Health Blog (read full blog post here) expounded the idea of using predictive analytics to curb readmissions and length of stay (LOS). However, predictive analytics...
View ArticleMessage to Congress: Let Patients Choose
Last week I had the honor of participating in the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee roundtable discussion, 21st Century Cures, to talk about balancing health IT innovation...
View ArticlePart 2: Nurses and Health IT Devices
In the second part of this discussion, Joan Hankin, MSN, RN, Global Healthcare Marketing at Intel, sits down with Molly McCarthy, RN MBA, Chief Nursing Strategist at Microsoft US Health & Life...
View Article5 Questions for Dr. Douglas Wood, Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation will be holding its 2014 Transform Symposium Sept. 7-9. The event offers both in-person and online opportunities to participate. I will be part of an online...
View ArticleIntegrated Patient Care and the NHS
From time to time we will look at healthcare IT environments from around the world to see how different countries approach healthcare technology challenges. Below is the first in a series of guest...
View ArticleHealth IT Does Not Transform Healthcare; Healthcare Cannot Transform Without...
Below is a guest post from Steven E. Waldren, MD MS. I was listening to the Intel Health videocast[1] of Eric Dishman, Dr. Bill Crounse, Dr. Andy Litt, and Dr. Graham Hughes. There was an...
View ArticlePractical Challenges of Healthcare Security
From time to time we will look at healthcare IT environments from around the world to see how different countries approach healthcare technology challenges. Below is the second in a series of guest...
View ArticleThe Impact of Wearables: How to Prepare for Patient-Generated Data
As consumers demonstrate a growing interest in generating their own vital signs and wellness data via apps and wearable devices, healthcare systems need to deal with the influx of information and set...
View Article5 Questions for Dr. David J. Cook, Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic
Patient data and analytics are vital to the healthcare experience today. To learn more, we recently caught up with Dr. David J. Cook, professor of anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, who also has an...
View ArticleMobility Week: Mobile is Healthcare Mechanism for Millennials
Millennials are the next growing population that will capture the attention of doctors. In many cases, doctors today focus on the elderly and those who suffer from chronic diseases because that’s...
View ArticleDesktop Tutorial: How to Optimize Clinician Workflow with All-In-One Devices
Technology is making huge advances in all spheres of life, especially in healthcare. Clinicians have a wider range of devices at their disposal and can choose the best device based on their needs. With...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Readmissions while Increasing Engagement
In the above video, John Chuang, president of Onyx Healthcare, talks about how technology can reduce patient readmissions while increasing engagement. What do you think? What's your solution for...
View ArticleThe Rise, and Importance, of Wi-Fi in Healthcare
Today’s discussions around healthcare IT usually revolve around devices, data and analytics. It’s hard to remember, but let’s not forget that in the early 2000s a technology came along that...
View ArticleBringing Closed Loop Automation to Healthcare
One of the topics I hear frequently from the health IT community is about barriers to innovation. From my perspective, closed loop automation is a huge issue that we face and will have to deal with. We...
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