Today, Masachusetts moved into phase 2 of a very important Health Information Exchange (HIE) project. It’s called Mass HIway Health Information Exchange, and it was announced at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where Healthcare CIO, John D. Halamka works. Halamka is one of my favorite people to follow in healthcare technology (@jhalamka). He blogs at […]
Posts Tagged ‘HIE’
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – October 2013
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
Healthcare Integration and Oracle
When a Healthcare Information Technology leader thinks about sharing data, they may not consider Oracle solutions, but indeed, Healthcare and Life Sciences is one of only five industries designated as strategic to the future of Oracle. The Oracle Global Business Unit is a true R & D business unit that has invested over 10 billion […]
HIE: 6 Opportunities for Increased Patient Safety
In my last blog post we explored the topic of shared decision making (SDM) and its impact on patient safety. This made me think of an experience we recently had with my dad. He had a stent placed about year and a half ago to open a blocked artery in his left anterior descending artery […]
Small Data for Big Wins
Marc Perlman, Global Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Oracle, writes about how “small data” is important to solve “big” healthcare problems in HealthCare IT News “HIE Watch” magazine. The full article can be viewed at: http://www.hiewatch.com/perspective/small-data-big-wins-0?goback=%2Egde_4001537_member_257060889 Oracle HIE solutions provide a comprehensive HIE technology stack from hardware and storage infrastructure to databases and […]
The role of a Data Warehouse in the Accountable Care Organization
I read an article recently about the role of analytics within an Accountable Care Organization. This article discussed the need for a longitudinal view of patients using data from the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Healthcare providers are making better data decisions through uses of EMR technology, but there is more than a “query” involved! Now […]
The Quest for My Complete, Portable Health Record
As I have written before, I currently see several physicians who do NOT use an EMR in the office. They are awesome diagnosticians, people and mentors but they have not taken the leap to the electronic health world. Now, add in two hospital networks that do NOT have patient portals for accessing my records and […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – March 2013
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
HIMSS 2013: An Interview with ePatient Dave
Earlier this month at the HIMSS 2013 Conference, Perficient’s Liza Sisler spoke with Dave deBronkart, better known as ePatient Dave. Dave and Liza discuss the unique roles of health, care and medication in engaged healthcare and the idea that the patient is the key to bringing all three aspects together in order to provide better […]
Insights from Unstructured Data in Healthcare
In healthcare, the current trend resulting from regulatory influences (Accountable Care) is taking the “data driven decision” from the patient level and service level for quality and operational efficiency to the population health and community level. Oracle’s Enterprise Health Analytics and Health Information Exchange are key enablers to help meet these objectives. Potentially useful information […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – December 2012
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – October 2012
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]