A new year will undoubtedly bring new and exciting trends to our continuously evolving healthcare industry. And as I reflect on 2018 and look forward to the coming year, I…
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One of my top takeaways from the amazingly in-depth conversations that were had at our recent emids Healthcare Summit is that something very important… something subtle yet monumental… has changed…
It’s no longer enough to just keep IT systems operating and available every day or to keep digital innovation projects on track and on budget. CIOs need to be able…
Chatbots bring the right mix of automation and human interaction In today’s experience economy, consumers expect to be delighted. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, seventy-eight percent of the more tech-savvy…
We live in a world where computer time is eclipsing face-time. Where technology, tools and regulations that were supposed to make us more efficient at times seem to bog us…
I recently attended the 2018 Information Management Symposium in Birmingham, hosted by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. The purpose of this event was to provide Plan business and technical representatives an opportunity to network and exchange best practices and innovations…
National Health IT (NHIT) Week was last week, Oct. 8-12. This annual nationwide awareness week, sponsored by HIMSS, focuses on catalyzing actionable change within the U.S. health system through the…
A room full of movers and shakers in healthcare gathered in mid-September in Brentwood, Tenn. to discuss the current state of clinical research and life sciences trends and topics. This…
“The only thing that is constant is change.” Heraclitus A confluence of disruptive forces is signaling a tectonic shift in the healthcare landscape– liquidity of data, expectations of a digital,…
For all industries – including healthcare, building the Digital Enterprise (Industry 4.0) is by far the most important strategic imperative since the advent of the Internet. Neither Y2K nor ICD-10…
The life sciences industry descended on Boston for the global Drug Information Association (DIA) annual meeting recently, and as a partner to clinical research organizations (CROs) and CRO vendors, emids…
Population Health’s Mandate for Better Data By Karen Knecht, CPHIMS Chief Clinical Officer Value-based care is healthcare’s mantra today, and it goes hand-in-hand with population health management (PHM). Though there…
