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• Why Healthcare IT Systems Integrate Poorly

  Here is a great article from O’Reilly.  He makes several points and explains several reasons why there are so many issues in healthcare IT system integrations. There seems to...

  • Posted June 20, 2012
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• Remote Monitoring May Save Up To $197 Billion

  A HealthTech article mentioned that remote monitoring devices have been around for several years, though for the most part they’ve only been used at home by those with chronic...

  • Posted June 20, 2012
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• Not Updating Implantable Medical Devices Is Risky Business

  Maintaining security and safeguarding patient records is a major priority in healthcare.  Equally important, if not more so, is security around implantable medical devices such as pacemakers, ventilators and...

  • Posted June 20, 2012
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• Podcast – Cloud Computing and Healthcare

  Interesting podcast sponsored by Intel.  The podcast was presented by GroupWare and they discussed the differences between Public and Private clouds and well as discussing the future of cloud...

  • Posted June 19, 2012
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• Mobile Healthcare – iPad vs Microsoft Tablet

  LOS ANGELES  – Microsoft Corp introduced its own line of tablet computers on Monday at a much-hyped press event in Los Angeles, marking a major strategic shift for the...

  • Posted June 19, 2012
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• Meaningful Use Doesn’t Come Easy

  It’s been reported that Chippewa Country War Memorial Hopsital (Sault Sainte Marie, MI) has achieves deaningful use with Meditech: The article continued and said that… WMH is one of...

  • Posted June 19, 2012
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• Healthcare Telecommunications Spending Explodes To $69 Billion

  Insight Research foresees $69 billion in healthcare telecommunications expenditures: According to the market analysis study, spending by the US healthcare industry on telecommunications services will grow at a compounded...

  • Posted June 19, 2012
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• Can Cloud Computing Take On Big Healthcare?

  An interesting article on Forbes discussing the emergence of Cloud Computing for Healthcare and how they can compete with some of the larger companies such as EPIC. Interoperability is...

  • Posted June 18, 2012
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• Top 5 Topics In Healthcare Interoperability

  In the Healthcare Interoperability Glossary, interoperability is defined as “The ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been...

  • Posted June 18, 2012
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• Cloud Computing Performance – Does Yours Measure Up?

  The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), well known for its computer system benchmarks, is planning to extend its testing methodology to measure cloud deployments as well. The company has...

  • Posted June 18, 2012
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