Mobile digital devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, have had a rapid and profound impact on our daily lives, affecting how we read, shop, play games, search for information, think and behave. This transformation was predicated on a mature Internet with highly developed wir ...
IT leaders considering Master Data Management (MDM) for their healthcare organization already know the importance of having a solid MDM approach. But that doesn’t make the task any less daunting. Their questions for us include “What is the right MDM strategy for my organization?” Or, ...
There are several characteristics of healthcare data that make it unique. Here are five, in particular: Much of the data is in multiple places. The data is structured and unstructured. Inconsistent/variable definitions; Evidence-based practice and new r ...
The challenges of providing and funding health care around the globe haven’t changed much over the last few years – and they are unlikely to do so in 2017. But how should sector stakeholders address these persistent challenges? Related Articles:
Healthcare is a costly item in national budgets, but who gets the best value for money, and who the best outcomes? We compare the systems in some of the world’s leading countries for healthcare. Related Articles:
Health care is on the everyone’s mind in the United States. That preoccupation is fueled in part by the controversy surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which promises to ensure coverage for 32 million Americans currently without health insurance. But the conversat ...
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The prognosis for successful healthcare information systems (HIS) implementation is really great. It is expected to increase legibility, reduce medical errors, shrink costs and boost the quality of healthcare (Jha et al., 2010; Blumenthal & Tavenner, 2010). Healthcare information techn ...
I’ve often heard people say that they don’t know much about art, but they recognize good art when they see it. The value of a particular work of art is subjective. But when it comes to healthcare, we can’t afford to be subjective in our assessment of value. We’re in a rapidly chang ...
Today’s focus, out of absolute necessity, must be on quality performanceimprovement in healthcare, especially on the clinical side. Essential to this focus is the need for an analytics offering that can bridge and merge multiple applications—clinical systems, financial systems, patie ...