Medical imaging has often been at the forefront of new technology adoption in the clinical setting. First, there was the push for upgraded networks that could support the transmission of large files. Then, there was the use of artificial intelligence to assist with analysis of breast and lung images.
Today, the size and scale of imaging is testing the limits...
Health systems handle enormous amounts of data daily; by one estimate, about 30 percent of the world’s data volume comes from the healthcare industry, and that’s expected to grow over the next few years.
The future of healthcare is going to require better access to data than it has needed in the past. Data-driven insights and action are needed as...
As healthcare organizations engage in digital transformation initiatives that take advantage of data analytics to glean new insights and improve patient care, many are finding that not all data is created equal. Hospitals and other healthcare operations create data in a variety of ways and use it for numerous purposes. But to make the greatest use of this data,...
The market for mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry appears to be in flux. After a slow start to 2022, revenue from healthcare M&A activity in the second quarter of 2022 hit a record high of $19.2 billion. KPMG reports that technology plays a major role in these deals and states that many are “focused on acquiring digital...
Are you ready for a world without passwords? Earlier this year, tech giants Google, Apple and Microsoft announced efforts to support passwordless sign-in standards set by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. For organizations intrigued by this future, consider these five questions about passwordless workflows:
1. Why is Password-Only Authentication a Security Risk?
Qwerty. 12345. Password. Many people...
Clinicians have been experiencing burnout since the start of the pandemic, made worse by persistent staff shortages. While staff augmentation and managed services are able to fill some of the gaps, especially in the health IT space, many healthcare organizations are looking for direct ways to improve their clinicians’ workflows and make them more efficient without adding to burnout....
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry have evolved over the past decade as organizations expand outside region-specific limits and look to provide a continuum of care.
As the landscape continues to change, IT integration is no longer a final consideration for a healthcare M&A, after business and clinical priorities, but a core function. As organizations consider M&As to expand...
When two Maryland hospitals merged to become Luminis Health in 2019, the newly combined IT staff immediately began a collaborative integration process.
Anne Arundel Medical Center deployed a more state-of-the-art infrastructure and used an enterprisewide approach to security, so Doctors Community Medical Center adopted AAMC’s standards, which included migrating to Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure and installing new Cisco networking gear.
“It started with understanding the...
As more healthcare institutions enter into mergers and acquisitions, data management has become a critical discipline in the industry. Combining patient data from separate electronic health record systems can be complex. IT leaders must ensure the correct data migrates to the new EHR and creates a single source of truth that considers all relevant patient information.
Unlike other industries, where...
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry continue to grow, spurred by a number of factors: Physician practice owners are retiring, specialty practices are joining larger organizations, and overall healthcare organizations are finding efficiencies in patient care and accounting by centralizing operations. In 2021, healthcare industry mergers and acquisitions were up 16 percent compared with 2020, valued at a...
