Ok, before I even begin, let me put it right out there: I’ve been using Apple products since I first got my hands on one of those cute little Mac SEs in the late 80′s having given up my spanking, brand new Compaq 386 with 64kb of RAM and a dual 3.5 & 5.25 floppy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘healthcare IT’
Why Apple iPad will Dominate in the Enterprise
Posted in Google, mHealth, tagged Android, App Store, Apple, healthcare, healthcare IT, iPad, iPad 2 on March 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
HIMSS or Bust
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, mHealth, RHIO, tagged healthcare, healthcare IT, HIMSS'11, HIT on February 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Two extremely short weeks from today will be the official start of that annual healthcare IT (HIT) confab called HIMSS. Tens of thousands will gather to hear the latest and greatest on how HIT will deliver unfathomable rewards to all who adopt. Of course there will also be those discussions that if you aren’t on [...]
Managed Care, HIT & ARRA
Posted in CMS, consumer health, Dossia, EHR, EMR, Google Health, HealthVault, HIE, HIT, Microsoft, PHR, telehealth, tagged ARRA, healthcare IT, healthcare reform on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, had the privilege to attend and present to a packed audience in New York City for CRG’s conference: IT & the Future of Managed Care: The Next Wave. Unlike most conferences I attend that are predominately focused on either the provider consumer sector of the healthcare market (tomorrow its the local New England HIMSS [...]
Acquisitions Creating White Hot Market for Healthcare IT
Posted in EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, tagged acquisitions, ARRA, healthcare IT, HITECH Act, meaningful use on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Since the beginning of 2010 there has been a series of acquisitions in healthcare IT (HIT) market, which recently culminated in one of the largest, IBM’s acquisition of Initiate. Triggering this activity is the massive amount of federal spending on HIT, (stimulus funding via ARRA which depending on how you count it, adds up to [...]
HIT Market White Hot
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIT, tagged acquisitions, acquistion, healthcare IT, HIMSS, HIT on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Doing some quick analysis of the healthcare IT market and have uncovered some 17 HIT software acquisitions since beginning of year. Is this but a lead up to the big industry confab, HIMSS that begins in a few short weeks? Certainly, the market is in desperate need of consolidation. Recent actions are likely but a [...]
HIT Market Projections ala Obama
Posted in consumer health, policy, telehealth, tagged AHIC, CMS, healthcare IT, HIT, Obama on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The pundits are out beginning to comment on what the Obama administration will mean to the healthcare IT market. One of the leading HIT spokespersons, John Halamka made his predictions earlier this week. Today, I came across a fairly lengthy article in CNN Money. At first thought of critiquing both, found the CNN article to [...]
Two CIOs Chime in on HIT & PHRs
Posted in EMR, tagged CBO, healthcare IT, HIT on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s eWeek has an interesting interview with two hospital CIOs, George Conklin, CIO of Christus Health, and Rich Temple, CIO and vice president of IT at Saint Clare’s Health System. Interesting questions with thoughtful answers. And if you are interested in the CBO Report that is referenced in the interview, the CBO Director’s Blog has [...]
Harvard Conference on Internet’s Future
Posted in Google, Microsoft, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged athenahealth, cloud computing, healthcare IT, Internet, SaaS on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I got religion. At least religion that part of the savior to today’s, and more importantly, tomorrow’s healthcare crisis lies on the Internet. With the abysmal adoption of IT to date within the healthcare sector, I am a strong believer that this industry will simply leap-frog the traditional, three-tiered IT architectural model and move directly [...]
