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What to look for when considering cloud-based infrastructure services and XaaS

By John Donohue 06:12 am July 24, 2017

Penn Medicine Associate CIO John Donohue outlines IaaS upsides and looks at the emergence of a new option, XaaS, as in Anything as a Service.

How CMS can help hospitals succeed in providing sustainable pop health initiatives

By Charles Coleman 06:07 am July 24, 2017

Don’t wait for your EHR vendors to bolt on pop health features when CMS already offers programs, tools, financial incentives and a roadmap for integrated, coordinated care.

Stony Brook Medicine has a new CIO

By Sue Schade 12:47 pm July 23, 2017

Former Ascension Health CIO Kathy Ross takes the IT reins.

Patients with chronic conditions eager for more care at home, new research shows

By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn 10:17 am July 21, 2017

Report offers advice on how to do it right – the way patients want.

When hospitals merge, culture matters, big time

By Sue Schade 09:02 am July 21, 2017

There’s value in integration, and IT plays a critical role.

What my brother’s fatal hospital stay taught me about EHR optimization

By Rob Barras 04:04 pm July 13, 2017

Advisory Board Senior Vice President Rob Barras shares a personal and tragic account that highlights the immediate need for technology that reduces dangerous variations in care.

8 tips for telehealth success

By Sue Schade 01:05 pm July 11, 2017

There are common themes for the best results.

In pursuit of health equity and the state of U.S. healthcare

By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn 12:57 pm July 11, 2017

Between 2014 and 2015, death rates increased for eight of the 10 leading causes; only death rates caused by cancer fell, and mortality rates for influenza and pneumonia stayed flat.

All-staff meetings engender commitment, and also a greater sense of purpose

By Sue Schade 02:52 pm July 07, 2017

In the absence of formal communication, people make things up and that's how rumors start.