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Hunger For Data Reshaping HIM Departments

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | September 12, 2013

The more data healthcare organizations amass, the more complex the stories therein become, thus the more essential it is to have an effective narrator for that information. Read More »

Hybrid Clouds Fuel Choices For Health IT

Maureen Kaplan | Healthcare IT News | July 24, 2013

Many healthcare companies are using a range of infrastructure services to meet their changing IT needs. This usually begins with storing data in an in-house data center then moving to collocation in an outsourced data center. Read More »

Hyperledger Announces the Hyperledger Healthcare Working Group

Press Release | Hyperledger | October 3, 2016

Today, Hyperledger is announcing the formation of the Hyperledger Healthcare Working Group (HLHC Working Group)...The HLHC Working Group’s mission is to house and foster technical and business-level conversations about appropriate applications for blockchain technology in the healthcare industry. These conversations will be broad and educational, but will eventually focus on identifying opportunities for near-term collaboration between participants on common software to implement a given application. If appropriately scoped and resourced, these conversations could lead to one or more proposals for new software development efforts to be hosted at Hyperledger.

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i2b2 Open Source Software Boosts HIE, Biomedical Research

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | November 16, 2012

The health informatics software i2b2 — Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside — was started in 2006, and has become something of a building block for several health information networks and research projects in genomics, pharmaceuticals and population health. Read More »

IBM and Epic Form Advisory Group as Part of Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization Bid

Press Release | IBM, Epic Systems | January 8, 2015

IBM today announced that its bid for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract includes the formation of a Military Health System (MHS) Advisory Group made up of industry experts, including veterans, with firsthand experience in some of the biggest and most successful Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementations.

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IBM's Reinvention Should Inspire Flat Pharma Businesses

Dave Chase | Forbes | July 28, 2012

The pharmaceutical giants look remarkably similar to the IBM of the late 80′s and early 90′s. For those of us who remember the IBM of that era, this is bad news. Read More »

IBM's Watson Wants To Fix America's Doctor Shortage

Russell Brandom | The Verge | October 15, 2013

The supercomputer's greatest opponent may be the American healthcare system Read More »

ICD-10: This Just Isn't How The Deal Should Go Down

Tom Sullivan | Government HealthIT | March 28, 2014

ICD-10 has been the butt of countless jokes during the last several months but none so surprising as the latest one-liner. Only this isn’t funny.

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ICEBlueButton "In Case Of Emergency" App From Humetrix Now Available At iTunes App Store And Google Play

Press Release | Humetrix | December 11, 2013

Anyone with a smartphone can now ensure that emergency responders can see their health history, and loved ones get notified if they are in an accident or face a medical emergency. Humetrix, a leading provider of consumer healthcare apps, today announced that its "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) app, is now available for download to iOS and Android devices. Read More »

ICT Delivering 45% Reduction In Mortality Rates – Great News From The UK

Neelie Kroes | Blog of Neelie Kroes | December 9, 2011

I was very pleased to read recently about the promising results of a programme in the UK which shows the enormous potential if we integrate ICT into health care more deeply. Read More »

Ideas For Innovators

Richard Pizzi | Healthcare IT News | March 3, 2013

Alex Fair, founder and CEO of MedStartr.com, says you must listen and ask the right questions. Read More »

iEHR Aims To Be Agile And Open

Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | October 22, 2012

Agile techniques have gained importance as the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments try to quickly launch the integrated electronic health record, or iEHR. With more than 100 scrum teams working at once, it's a lot to coordinate, said Barclay Butler, director of the DoD-VA interagency program office. Read More »

iEHR Time Frame 'Optimistic And Uncertain'

David Perera | FierceGovernmentIT | September 30, 2012

The 4 to 6 years Veterans Affairs Department officials have projected as the time necessary to build out a nationwide integrated electronic health record with the Defense Department is "both optimistic and uncertain," the Government Accountability Office says iEHR officials told them. Read More »

iEHR Would Get A Shorter Leash, Under House NDAA Amendment

Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | July 15, 2013

An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014 (H.R. 1960), which passed June 14, would impose reporting requirements on the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments' integrated electronic health record project, as well as stand up an advisory panel to provide additional oversight. Read More »

If Obamacare Falters, Insurers May Pay High Price

Lawrence J. McQuillan | The Independent Institute | October 14, 2013

America’s health insurance companies sold out for higher profits when they fought for the Affordable Care Act rather than a patient-driven system that would best serve the sick. Read More »