Monthly Archives: April 2012

Top HIS Vendors By 2011 Revenue: Siemens (SI)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Anne Zieger

As some of you may recall, a few months ago we took a look at Soarian’s prospects for taking some of Epic’s ever-growing EMR marketing share.  At the time, we noted that Soarian’s  customer satisfaction ratings were climbing and its … Continue reading →

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The Problem I See with Home Health Monitoring

Posted on April 27, 2012 by John

When I was writing my post about this mHealth infographic, the thought came to me about why I’ve never felt truly comfortable with the idea of Home Health Monitoring (some might call it the Patient Centered Medical Home). I think … Continue reading →

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Will Next Generation EMRs Be Platform + Stack of Apps?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Anne Zieger

For quite some time new — at least a couple of years — mobile apps have been appearing on the market to assist physicians with key portions of their work.  That’s good as far as it goes, but unfortunately, most … Continue reading →

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Verizon Chairman and CEO Addresses World Health Care Congress

Posted on April 26, 2012 by David

Today in front of the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) in Washington, D.C, Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam addressed the challenges facing the U.S. health care delivery system and highlighted Verizon’s efforts to help transform it through information technology. … Continue reading →

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HIMSS12 sets record for tweets

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

The folks at HIMSS are claiming that the 2012 conference in Las Vegas a couple months ago set a world record for the most tweets at a health conference. (I’m checking to see who keeps such records.) By the numbers, … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Say Meaningful Use Compliance Remains A Big Challenge

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Sure, EMR use is picking up rapidly across the U.S.  But is the process going well? Maybe not, according to a new poll released by audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG LLP. According to KPMG, 48 percent of hospitals … Continue reading →

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VC Investment in Healthcare

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John

There’s a real change happening right now in the venture capital healthcare investment world. In a recent article on NPR they highlight one piece of the change that’s happening with VC investment in healthcare: The share of venture dollars flowing … Continue reading →

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mHealth App Infographic

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John

Ozmosis recently posted a pretty interesting mHealth infographic. I’ve never met an infographic that I didn’t enjoy at least glancing over. The stat that stood out to me the most was probably the one that says, “40% of doctors believe … Continue reading →

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What Hospital IT Software Do We build and What Will We Buy?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John

In a LinkedIn discussion about this post on Best of Breed versus All In One Hospital IT systems (a good read if you haven’t read it already), Keith Jennings offers this additional insight that many hospital CIOs face every day: … Continue reading →

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$10M settlement in death from medical error

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Neil Versel

Remember James C. Tyree, the University of Chicago Medical Center board member who died last year from a preventable medical error at the very same hospital he was on the board of? His estate has reached a $10 million settlement … Continue reading →

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