Of all the healthcare data available, medical imaging is among the richest. In terms of clinical indicators, imaging data contains a tremendous amount of valuable information that’s easily identifiable — and much that’s not visible to the human eye. Because most patients’ healthcare journeys begin with a diagnostic image of some sort, it’s no wonder…
People across the United States face difficulties in accessing healthcare services. Areas without access to hospitals, primary care physicians, pharmacies and other healthcare providers are called medical deserts, and every state has at least one desert county that fits this description, according to Tori Marsh, director of research at GoodRx, a consumer-focused digital healthcare platform. In a…
Incentivized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to transform care delivery to improve outcomes, healthcare stakeholders are increasingly turning to value-based care initiatives. Outcomes are now contingent on providers working together across the continuum for shared goals, but hospitals are often not equipped with the resources necessary to do so. That’s where…
Healthcare IT has drawn a great deal of investment for more than a decade as hospitals embraced electronic health records, with the help of incentives. Healthcare IT’s opportunity is compounded by some of the industry’s flaws: About 30 percent of U.S. healthcare spending, or up to approximately $933 billion, is considered wasted. The broader healthcare…
Healthcare is on a journey to make patient care more personal and holistic. With the industry slowly shifting toward value-based care rather than a fee-for-service payment model, providers are able to focus on preventive care as opposed to reactive treatments. In response to this change in thinking about how healthcare can best serve patients, precision medicine is…
Cloud adoption isn’t new in healthcare. In recent years, spurred by the pandemic, healthcare systems turned to cloud capabilities to push the delivery of care to their communities. When healthcare organizations had to send staff home and enact strict safety rules in March 2020, the rapid deployment and scaling of telehealth services and remote work…
Like many healthcare providers, Eisenhower Health has seen a surge in demand for outpatient surgeries, and because of it, the organization recently expanded and modernized its surgery center with additional operating rooms and state-of-the-art technology. The healthcare system in Rancho Mirage, Calif., completed a three-year, $68 million expansion of its Eisenhower Desert Orthopedic Center in…
With hospitals and outpatient facilities sprawled across the New York City metro area, Northwell Health knows how critical it is for clinicians to effectively team up for patient care. The healthcare system had to rethink earlier strategies for clinical communication and collaboration, which included face-to-face meetings, phone calls and pagers at the bedside. A move…
If there’s a healthcare organization that knows something about building a strong data security foundation, it’s Kelsey-Seybold Clinic. In fact, the multidisciplinary clinic system, with locations throughout the greater Houston area, “had ransomware before ransomware was cool,” according to CTO and CISO Martin Littmann. In 2015, an attacker used a zero-day variant of CryptoLocker to…
