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This mistake with healthcare technology is made over and over despite so much evidence that it never works; buying it, finding space to physically put it, and then continuing to operate exactly the same. Healthcare technology is more than a physical computer, tablet or lap top.... Read More

There are so many questions about healthcare technology. Information analysts, information scientists and database administrators, these are the jobs that healthcare is most eager to fill. Innovation, cloud-based solutions, and “bring your own everything” are the watch words of... Read More

Team Medicine: a provider, a nurse, a social worker and tele-monitoring working in tandem to deliver patient care, lower costs, and advance population health. Remember that old adage, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, it takes a team to properly care for a... Read More

The digital age has changed much about our daily lives especially within healthcare technology.   Instant communication has changed the way we connect with each other, instant replay has changed sports calls, and instant technology has changed how quickly a diagnosis can be... Read More

The first set of statistics on the efficacy of Accountable Care Organizations (healthcare ACO’s) has been published. There were really no surprising stats. The simple fact that was proven by the study was that when you take a vested interest in patients well-being and interact... Read More

Staffing efficiently in a healthcare practice and keeping the largest cost of your practice in check (human resources and all costs associated) is a HUGE concern for all healthcare practices. The recommendations coming from the private industry sector is clear; automate for... Read More

My first work computer was a standalone Compaq; pretty fancy stuff in healthcare technology at the time.  A simple function first used was in a laboratory that was putting on a health fair. What this computer did was compile and organize patient demographic data (manually... Read More

Healthcare practices large and small could all learn some things from looking at the way billing companies of healthcare practices operate. Billing companies make their money on volume billing as most are a percentage of collections. These days, the percent charged is pretty low... Read More

Of the 1 million apps that Apple has for mobile devices, about 40,000 were developed for healthcare. Despite the number of apps developed for healthcare, the majority have only simple functionality. But the stage has been set for remote monitoring and provides the potential for... Read More