Research shows us that security breaches can greatly impact a healthcare organization’s reputation. Unfortunately, healthcare leaders are stuck in the cross hairs of consumers and hackers. While consumers want transparency, access to information and assurance their personal information will remain safe, hackers are busy compromising patient information at a faster speed than ever before.As healthcare IT organizations strive to become more accessible and “open” to support patient engagement
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Healthcare Data Tsunami: Organizing Data in the Internet of Things Age
If you’re of a certain age, you had the opportunity to experience life before the Internet – the days before email, Facebook, and online shopping. If you wanted to send a note to your old buddy from high school, you’d pen a letter, stick a 15-cent stamp on an envelope and drop it in the mail. You might make a few purchases from a mail-order catalog, but do most of your shopping at a brick-and-mortar store.The Internet allows us to find just about everything we’ve ever wanted within one or two
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10 Trends You Can Expect from Healthcare in 2018
With 2017 almost in the rear-view mirror, it is time to look forward to 2018 and how healthcare will evolve in this year. The last year has been an eventful one for healthcare, from the uproar in healthcare regulations to potential mega-mergers. Needless to say, it’s a time of transition, and healthcare is in a very fluid state- evolving and expanding. There are certainly going to be new ways to keep healthcare providers and health IT pros stay engaged and excited, and here are our top 10
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5 Reasons Why End-to-End Network Solutions are Vital to the Healthcare Data Revolution
Extreme Network’s Bob Nilsson talks about why comprehensive network solutions are the way of the future for HIT, and why health organizations should invest in them now.In case you missed it, the world has gone mobile. Look up from your screen and look around; chances are, those around you are looking at screens, too. Innovation and consumer demand have led many an industry to its virtual tipping point. Now, healthcare is on the heels of its own tech-fueled transformation.What started with
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6 Reasons Why Healthcare Needs The Internet of Things (IoT)
Editor’s Note: Abhinav Shashank is the CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc., a datashop integrating complex data across multiple distributed sources to give healthcare organizations greater insights to provider better care.Technology can never replace humans because the ultimate decision-making authority always lies with the individual. He or she can, however, in the course of time, opt for technological solutions that simplify their work and bring about efficiency.Convenience. Efficiency.
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Big Cloud Analytics Rebrands as EVO Health, Launches Wellness Analytics App Platform
Big Cloud Analytics, an Atlanta-based real-time predictive analytics technology for the IoT enabled biometric data, announced it has rebranded the company to EVŌ. The rebranding marks a shift in the company’s business model and aligns with launch of the EVŌ™ app, which combines the best of data and behavioral science to deliver a personalized experience.“As the world of digital health continues to evolve, we’ve seen the lines between our work for the Enterprise and the value we deliver for
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How Wearable Technology Can Enhance Long Term Patient Care
Wearable technologies have been widely adopted by consumers to measure and track aspects of health. Bracelets can track steps and calorie burn, clothing can measure heart rate and VO2 levels. While adoption is slower in clinical settings some health care organizations have begun to integrate wearable technologies into patient care to create more opportunities for e-health programs and to create new data availability.Some wearable technologies developed for the healthcare sector are designed to
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Healthcare in the Gigabit Society: Improving Care by Improving Connectivity
Today’s technologies are expected to offer tremendous potential for innovation in the healthcare industry. In fact, the digital health market is expected to surpass $379 billion by 2024.The reasons behind this expected growth is two-fold; the current infrastructure in healthcare is already outdated, and the world around us continues to innovate.As communities become more connected and technology continues to be ingrained in almost every part of our life, healthcare needs to keep pace. Current
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New Digital Health Device Can Wirelessly Record & Transmit Patient Tremors in Real-Time
On Monday, digital healthcare innovation lab Klick Labs unveiled a digital health device that that wirelessly records and transmits patient tremors in real time. The proof of concept device named SymPulseTM Tele-Empathy Device was designed to help foster clinical empathy and better care for the more than 40 million people living with movement disorders in the U.S. alone.According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, of the 10 million people living with the disease around the world, about
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HMicro Nabs $10.2M for “System-on-a-Chip” Biosensor Platform
HMicro Inc., a Fremont, CA-based startup has raised $10.2 million in Series C funding to expand and commercialize its "system-on-a-chip" biosensor platform technology for medical device manufacturers. The latest round included strategic investor partners that plan to commercialize HMicro's healthcare products throughout various healthcare markets. Starting in 2008, HMicro started manufacturing a new generation silicon-based wireless sensing platform and associated subsystem products for medical
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