Health Homes: A Tale of Two Problem Lists
Below is the fourth in a series of guest posts from Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, the commissioner of health for the state of New York. Look for more of his blogs in the Intel Healthcare Community in the...
View ArticleHealthcare App to Provide Better Clinical Experience
Apps, or applications, are changing the face of mobile point-of-care technology. In the above video, go behind-the-scenes to learn why Allscripts developed its Windows 8 electronic medical record app...
View ArticleCan We Share? A Look at Sharing of Patient Information
There are really two aspects of sharing of patient information—directly with patients and between providers. We are going take a look at both in the next couple of blogs, but let’s start with...
View ArticleAre the iPad’s Days Numbered in Healthcare?
Remember when the iPad arrived on the healthcare scene? As a non-enterprise device, it snuck in the back door—often in doctors’ pockets—and redefined user expectations in the process. Health IT...
View ArticleConvertibles in Healthcare: Improved Experience at Point-of-Care
Below is a guest blog post by Ashley Rodrigue, Healthcare Ambassador at Lenovo. A doctor might start her day by reviewing her upcoming schedule on her tablet while her coffee brews. When patient...
View ArticleHow to Securely Dispose of Information for Personalized Medicine
To fully realize the benefits of personalized medicine while avoiding negative impacts such as breaches, we must minimize the associated privacy and security risks. Personal information, including a...
View ArticleHealth IT, Emergency Preparedness and Public Health IOM Forum: Presenting a...
I recently joined a panel of learned colleagues working in public health, telemedicine and acute care at an Institute of Medicine (IOM) forum focusing on the state of our nation’s healthcare system...
View ArticleManaging the Genomic Information Explosion
Below is a guest blog from Alice Borrelli, director of Global Healthcare Policy for Intel. During today’s forum, hosted by Intel Corporation, The Aspen Institute and Bipartisan Policy Center, we will...
View ArticleMobile Health Technology and the Power to Improve Patient Care
The 2013 mHealth Summit is coming up next week and will feature a tremendous lineup of sessions and exhibitors all focused on mobile health IT. Below is a guest blog from Ken Jarvis, Director, Health...
View ArticlemHealth Summit: Eyes on Funding Trends
For the past four years, I’ve watched thousands of health and technology influencers, developers, policy makers, business leaders, and others pack themselves into the mHealth Summit for a glimpse at...
View ArticleCapitalizing on the Power of Big Data for Healthcare; 5 Steps to Get Started
As the healthcare industry transitions from fee-for-service to fee-for-value, and to team-based care models that require a high degree of care coordination (such as PCMH), a more holistic, 360 degree...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 mHealth Summit
I have been going to the mHealth Summit for the past four years. As much as the mHealth industry is progressive and dynamic, it is also in some ways very slow to develop as many of the discussions and...
View ArticleHealthcare Payment Reform: A Look into the Future
It used to be so simple. A patient arrived at the office, the clinicians analyzed their problem, performed a service, and sent a bill. Next. Even though I am wildly overstating the simplicity of...
View ArticleImproving the Inpatient Experience: Checking in with a Tablet
Below is a guest blog submission from Ashley Rodrigue, Healthcare Ambassador at Lenovo. Without a doubt, technology has transformed how healthcare providers deliver care. Providers are increasingly...
View Article3 Opportunities to Get Value from Health IT Big Data
Below is a guest blog from Terri Kennedy, Director of Product Management at Allscripts. In his keynote address at the Allscripts Client Experience (see video below), Dr. Rasu Shrestha from University...
View ArticleA Physician’s Perspective on Health IT Mobility
Mobile point-of-care has dramatically changed clinicians’ workflows. An additional benefit may be the impact on patients. Mobile technology has empowered patients and brought a renewed sense of...
View ArticlePersonal Health Technologies Help to Answer the $4.6 Trillion Dollar Question
In the currently raging debates about healthcare, there’s little attention to population aging and the cost of care — two critical trends that I call the $4.6 trillion question. By 2020, there will...
View ArticleNY State Puts Focus on Health Apps
Below is the fifth in a series of guest posts from Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, the commissioner of health for the state of New York. Look for more of his blogs in the Intel Health & Life Sciences...
View Article5 Questions for Dr. Andrew Watson, UPMC
Dr. Andrew Watson is a leader in applying telemedicine and other health information technology to the improvement of patient care. A fourth-generation surgeon who specializes in colorectal and...
View ArticleNurses Share Perspectives on Health IT
Nurses are vital to the implementation and adoption of healthcare technology. In the above video conversation, Intel expert Joan Hankin, MSN, RN, sits down with Elizabeth "Betty" T. Jordan, DNSc,...
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