There’s a growing revolution in the healthcare industry that is changing the way providers and patients communicate, collaborate and interact. Cloud computing is a transformative innovation in healthcare IT and has become a popular tool for practice management.
Statistics on the increasing popularity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and other cloud services point to a positive correlation between healthcare and cloud computing. Unfortunately, many marketers are taking advantage of the trend to rebrand traditional software applications as cloud and mislead potential customers.
Recently, a healthcare provider in California got a lot of media attention for its patient data security measures. The coverage, however, wasn’t the kind of free publicity a medical practice might hope for. The news of the mid-October theft of a desktop computer from an office of the Sutter Health system initially passed with little [...]
The healthcare industry is facing a monumental shift in how it handles information. The paper records, faxes and phones calls are being replaced with electronic health records, emails and instant messages. As the industry transitions to technology-enabled health care, it could learn a lot from how Facebook built its system to evolve, engage and connect [...]
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