According to a new report by research firm In-Stat, healthcare is becoming the fastest growing vertical in the information technology field, and cloud-based services are leading the way. Cloud computing represents a contagious mixture of cost advantages, efficiency, and flexibility
It’s that time of year again when students and teachers head back to the classroom after eight to ten weeks off. For me, this late August period always invokes two distinct feelings: nostalgia (for those ‘good old days) and motivation,
Electronic health records may be as contentious to the healthcare world as reality television is to, well, everyone, but there’s something we can all agree on: EHRs are catching on fast. According to IDC Health Insights, the adoption of EHRs
Thanks, Cigna, for telling me to “pay no attention to the tiny people judging [me],” thanks for reminding me I’m one of a kind and “unclassifiable” and admitting how awesome I am, because I am. Psychologists like Jean Twenge have
It’s official: healthcare is going mobile. The ubiquity of smartphone and tablet devices has spurned thousands of companies to create mobile apps that put healthcare in consumers’ pockets – and they can barely keep up with demand. The market for
In its mission to make the healthcare industry more open, connected, transparent and user-friendly, CareCloud has found a kindred spirit in the Miami startup community: MD Clarity. MD Clarity is a cloud-based software company whose solutions make it easy for
There is a ton of hype around mobile these days, and healthcare doesn’t want to get left behind. It goes beyond just the popularity of smartphones among both doctors and patients or the industry’s fascination with Apple products. Healthcare is
During her tenure as Director General of the World Health Organization, Norwegian physician and politician Gro Brundtland published a paper titled “The Globalization of Health” about the importance of increasing awareness of international public health crises. Brundtland writes with urgency,
The final events of the London 2012 Olympics are set to take place on Sunday, but I for one am hoping that the spirit of competitiveness and excellence the games have inspired will stick around well after the Closing Ceremonies.
If you’re counting on earning 2012 Meaningful Use incentives from Medicare, but have yet to implement an EHR system in your practice, your time is running out. No, CMS hasn’t moved up the attestation deadline. You can file your attestation
