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Data Warehousing

Hospitals require methods for storing, archiving and backing up massive amounts of data. Data warehousing is an especially important priority for healthcare providers who have seen an increase in data as they move from paper to digital records.

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7 common myths about data encryption
May 14, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
Although data encryption is becoming a valuable option to protect against breached PHI, certain myths and misconceptions about it still exists, according to a new report by WinMagic Data Security. The report outlines and debunks seven common myths about data encryption.
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Boston Medical Center signs agreement with Streamline Health Solutions
May 14, 2012 | Diana Manos
Streamline Health Solutions, a developer of enterprise content management and business analytics software, announced Monday that Boston Medical Center has signed an additional five-year agreement to license the company's technology for use in its 19 physician group practices.
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iMedX acquires Accumed
May 11, 2012 | Mike Miliard
iMedX, which develops Web-based transcription platforms and e-prescribing technologies, has completed its acquisition of Accumed Script, a Columbus, Ohio-based medical transcription service.
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ONC privacy and security guide offers 10 steps for MU
May 9, 2012 | Mike Miliard
ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO) has published a "Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information," which aims to help physicians, nurses and IT staff better understand how the safety of patient data is essential to meaningful use of electronic health records and mobile devices.
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6 keys to the future of analytics and big data in healthcare
May 8, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
A recent report by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation suggests the value of big data is something to take seriously. As more organizations create plans leverage their big data, Nuance's Joe Petro sees some remarkable developments on the horizon.
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KLAS report shows Amalga losing favor
May 8, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Despite its potential, sales of Microsoft Amalga have been limited and its overall KLAS performance score has dropped 14 points in the past two years, from 84.2 to 69.9, revealing a split in customer opinions, according to a new report from research firm KLAS.
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IMS MAXIMS reveals new ED module
May 4, 2012 | Jamie Thompson
IMS MAXIMS has unveiled a new version of its emergency department information system at the HC2012 conference in London.
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HHS taps Archimedes for high-powered analytics
May 4, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
The Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with San Francisco-based Archimedes, a healthcare modeling company, to put high-powered mathematical analytics in the hands of its agencies, signaling "a new era of medical decision-making."
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Banner Health earns Stage 7 recognition
May 3, 2012 | Mike Miliard
HIMSS Analytics has given Banner Health its Stage 7 Award for 17 of its 23 hospitals, located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. The award recognizes attainment of the highest level on HIMSS' Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model.
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IBM targets big data with acquisition, new research
April 26, 2012 | Mike Miliard
IBM has made news on the big data front twice this week, first with Wednesday's acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Vivisimo, and today with an announcement from SUNY Buffalo about multiple sclerosis research.
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IT seen as critical to population health
April 24, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Managing population health requires new skill sets, new infrastructures and automation, according to new research from the Institute for Health Technology Transformation.
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‘Big data’ promises big yield for healthcare
April 24, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Among the projects that will benefit from the government’s new “big data” project is the National Institutes of Health’s "1000 Genomes Project Data Available on Cloud.” and also "Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering,” which the NIH is undertaking with the National Science Foundation.
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May 22nd @ 2PM ET--A Smarter Approach to Healthcare PC Virtualization
April 25, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
There's been a lot of talk of PCs going the way of the woolly mammoth (Post PC era anyone?). With cloud computing, wireless broadband and distributed workforces, are organizations moving to a new era of tablets and thin clients as the new survival tools? The question is hotly debated and intertwined with three equally hot trends: PC virtualization, cloud computing, and the consumerization of IT. Join IT experts from Intel and Virtual Computer for a webinar with live Q&A to learn about what's really happening with PCs, thin-clients, and tablets in healthcare.
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NewYork-Presbyterian: Using Microsoft Amalga as a Strategic Clinical Data Repository to Transform Care
March 30, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the premier academic medical centers in the world and among the first customers of Microsoft Amalga. Hear the Director of IT at NYP talk about the organizationís strategic use of Amalga as a clinical data repository that enables the health system to improve processes, performance, and patient care. The webinar will address how NYP uses Amalga to achieve compliance for inpatient and outpatient clinical quality measures, reduce readmissions for congestive heart failure, and reduce venous thromboembolic events. The presentation will also covers how NYP connects Amalga to Microsoft HealthVault to meet meaningful use objectives for patient engagement.
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Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the Path to the Future
March 13, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Across the healthcare industry, we are seeing forward-thinking organizations develop new competencies in anticipation of the opportunity that comes with industry-wide transformation. They are positioning themselves for success. And they are defining the future of healthcare. Will your organization be ready? Register to learn more and listen to the session now!
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Health Information Exchange: The Emerging Value in an Emerging Market
March 7, 2012 | White Papers
In just a few short years, the health information exchange (HIE) market has grown exponentially and continues to expand in terms of number of initiatives, scope of services provided and technology offerings. When the nonprofit, community-based Central Florida Regional Health Information Organization(CFRHIO) was formed in 2003, its leaders focused on improving the quality of healthcare across the seven counties it serves. Read this white paper to learn how CFRHIO built a repository platform that collects data from numerous clinical providers into a central database, which participating providers can access, regardless of where the data came from or where the patient is when the data is retrieved.
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Providers' Perceptions: Business Intelligence and Analytics in Healthcare
January 19, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Billian's HealthDATA and Porter Research will present findings of a primary market research study highlighting providers' perceptions of <a href="/directory/business-intelligence-bi" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">business intelligence</a> and analytics solutions - their needs, challenges and adoption strategies. The study explores technologies being utilized today; as well as providers' requirements for the future that will better enable their organizations to drive strategic initiatives to improve quality of care, contain costs and meet impending and evolving healthcare reform initiatives.
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Cost Cutting Strategies for Improving the Delivery of Explanation of Benefits and Securing Health Information Exchange
September 18, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
This webinar will discuss cost-cutting strategies for securing sensitive patient communications, focusing on the delivery of Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), as well as other direct and portal-based electronic interactions that need to comply with HIPAA Privacy Rules.
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Business Needs Drive Demand for Information Management Systems at Healthcare Provider Organizations
August 26, 2011 | White Papers
The challenge facing healthcare organizations is how to manage and distribute the information. This whitepaper describes how organizations are dealing with information and data management demands to meet decision making and compliance needs.
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ICD-10: A Master Data Problem
August 26, 2011 | White Papers
Learn how a MDM approach can solve challenges associated with transitioning to <a href="/directory/icd-10" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">ICD-10</a> by utilizing a single business process management layer with centralized rules, mappings, and translations that can be applied uniformly to all applications.
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Database Archiving and Legacy Application Retirement for ARRA and Healthcare Reform
August 26, 2011 | White Papers
Healthcare organizations must manage exploding data volumes. Database archiving and legacy application retirement solutions can cost-effectively manage data growth, reduce costs, and meet regulatory requirements during this complex process.
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Understanding the Escalating Data Challenges of “Meaningful Use”
August 26, 2011 | White Papers
This white paper written by industry expert Shahid Shah addresses the challenges healthcare IT professionals face when preparing to meet <a href="/directory/meaningful-use" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Meaningful Use</a> standards and the capabilities needed to complete a successful transition.
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Achieving Accountable Care in an Age of Health Information Exchange
May 2, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
A discussion of the <a href="/directory/health-information-exchange-hie" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">health information exchange</a> and analytics technology blueprint necessary for demonstrating '<a href="/directory/meaningful-use" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">meaningful use</a>' of <a href="/directory/electronic-health-record-ehr" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">electronic health records</a>. In an age of Accountable Care requirements, enterprises must be accelerating the deployment and implementation of standards-based <a href="/directory/interoperability" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">interoperability</a>, including a multiple-use data repository and master person indices that leverage analytics to create a detailed, holistic and integrated view of the provider enterprise.
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A CIO's Guide to Healthcare IT Compliance Without Overspending
April 12, 2011 | White Papers
In an effort to be compliant with <a href="/directory/hipaa-5010" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">HIPAA 5010</a>, <a href="/directory/icd-10" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">ICD-10</a>, <a href="/directory/meaningful-use" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Meaningful Use</a> and other regulations, healthcare organizations are making substantial IT investments in new technologies and infrastructure upgrades. However, with deadlines looming, many of these organizations risk gross overspending across the next 18 months. This white paper takes a close look at compliance challenges, likely areas of vendor overpayment and ways that healthcare organizations can prevent IT overspending on the path to compliance.
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Wireless Big Data in the Cloud
May 8, 2012 | Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
I was chatting with a friend the other day about how to get people’s attention in this information-overload age, and we decided that the use of buzz words was a critical component of success. So I decided to test this catchy title and see if it leads to any more reader traffic than I usually get.
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Twitter recap: Todd Park talks Big Data Week
April 25, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
Todd Park (@todd_park), United States chief technology officer for the Obama Administration, engaged in a live Twitter chat as part of Big Data Week, a string of community-led events relating to big data. Here is a Twitter recap of the Q&A.
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Cloud and healthcare IT
April 6, 2012 | Geoff Webb
While many industries are reliant on information technology to deliver services and drive innovation, none is so deeply entwined in IT than healthcare. As such, it should be no surprise that the potential impact of cloud computing is being felt, with mixed feelings, most acutely in this industry.
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Documents vs. Data
August 17, 2011 | Keith W. Boone
In "The XML Consensus is breaking down" Grahame Grieve distinguishes three camps, heavy engineering crowd, the internet mob, and the data dictionary crowd. He discusses how XML seems to be failing to bring these crowds together.
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Meaningful Delivery
June 6, 2011 | Rob Drewniak
Much has been written about preparing for meaningful use, such as implementing a certified electronic health record. Then what?
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Should We Abandon the Cloud?
May 16, 2011 | John Halamka
It's been a bad month for the cloud.
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Cloud Computing or Data Center - How Hospitals Should Analyze Their Health IT Storage Needs
May 6, 2011 | James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
Datacenters are booming. Demand grew 13% in 2010 and is expected to continue to accelerate according to New York research firm Tier 1. However, demand has outpaced the rate of construction for physical space, thus alternative strategies of data management are being considered.
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Healthcare IT Implications of Healthcare Reform
December 9, 2010 | John Halamka
I'm often asked how healthcare reform will impact IT planning and implementation over the next few years.
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Google's window into the healthcare IT market
August 20, 2010 | Chris Thorman
One of the major goals of the federal government's push for nationwide electronic medical record adoption is to create an information network where "health data can flow freely, privately, and securely to the places where they are needed." So far, this is proving to be a challenge for the nation's hospitals and doctors.
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ICD-10 absent from latest health IT priorities report
July 29, 2010 | Tom Sullivan
Perhaps it's waiting on the back burner but ICD-10 did not make the cut of health IT's most important projects for 2010 and 2011, at least not among healthcare executives.
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2009 in Review - Part 2
December 30, 2009 | John Halamka
As I've said in my blog about "The Number 5" I tend to organize my life and my projects in groups of 5. My 2009 Review has five segments - Harvard Medical School, State projects, and Federal projects which I presented yesterday plus Beth Israel Deaconess and my personal life which I'll present today.
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Next steps for our community quality registry
November 2, 2009 | John Halamka
I've previously described the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization's (BIDPO) decision to create a community registry for quality data warehousing in support of meaningful use.
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SANUWAVE issued U.S. patent for the application of acoustic shock waves utilizing its PACE devices
January 6, 2012 | Industry News Release
SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCBB: SNWV), an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the Company patent number 8,088,073, titled “Device for the Application of Acoustic Shock Waves.”
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Healthcare Partners, IPA, implements MedAssurant's innovative, data-driven solutions
December 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that Healthcare Partners, IPA (HCPIPA), one of the largest physician-owned independent physician associations (IPA) in the Northeast, has selected MedAssurant's Prospective Advantage® and Capitated Risk Adjustment (CARA™) solutions to proactively identify gaps in care and quality to improve clinical documentation, utilization and risk score accuracy for their Medicare Advantage members.
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Continua Health Alliance and the NFC Forum collaborate to expand connectivity
October 18, 2011 | Industry News Release
Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization of healthcare and technology companies dedicated to improving the quality of personal healthcare, and the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that they will work together to expand standards-based connectivity technology in the health IT industry.
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DriveSavers achieves HIPAA compliance
October 11, 2011 | Industry News Release
DriveSavers Data Recovery, the worldwide leader in data recovery services, announced today that the company has achieved compliance with all forty-two data security standards outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Performed by Trusted Consulting Compliance (TrustCC), the evaluation of compliance was designed to measure the controls over DriveSavers data recovery processes as they are performed for customers with damaged media containing electronic protected health information (PHI). Damaged media received from healthcare providers may contain sensitive electronic data such as patient records and medical transcripts for doctors, hospitals and/or clinics. DriveSavers is the only certified HIPAA compliant data recovery service provider in the industry that meets all forty-two data security standards.
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MediKeeper assists Wellmark® Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® with new web portal
October 6, 2011 | Industry News Release
MediKeeper, a leading health information integration company, and Wellmark, the leading health insurance company in Iowa and South Dakota, today announced the launch of a new secure member portal using MediKeeper’s customized solution. Focused on improving member access to health information, MyWellmark offers access to claims status, benefits reviews, health care expense tracking, and tools to reach wellness goals.
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Cyber-Ark launches new cloud service for secure managed file transfer
September 14, 2011 | Industry News Release
Cyber-Ark® Software, the leading global information security provider for protecting and managing critical applications, identities and sensitive information, today announced Inter-Business Vault® as a Service, an innovative cloud-based solution for rapidly exchanging sensitive files with external third parties. Based on its patented Digital Vault technology, Cyber-Ark is the only vendor to provide a secure cloud delivery model that protects sensitive file transfers in transit and at rest. This capability enables organizations to support the exchange of files quickly and cost-effectively to meet business needs, while alleviating concerns over security and compliance requirements.
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Online Tech achieves HIPAA compliance at all data centers
September 14, 2011 | Industry News Release
Online Tech has added HIPAA compliance to its growing list of successfully completed audits. Online Tech achieved compliance across all 54 HIPAA citations and the complete set of 136 audited components when audited by an independent Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) and Certified Health Security Specialist (CHSS).
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Health 2.0, IMPAQ International and the NORC at the University of Chicago Announce a NEW Developer Challenge
June 2, 2011 | Industry News Release
Health 2.0, IMPAQ International (IMPAQ) and NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) are proud to announce the launch of the Medicare Claims Data Developer Challenge, which will solicit entries to develop an online dashboard for comparative effectiveness, health services and health policy research.
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QlikView to Power Largest Database of Mental Health Information in the World for Centerstone Research Institute
June 2, 2011 | Healthcare IT News Staff
QlikTech, a leader in Business Discovery - user-driven Business Intelligence (BI), today announced that its customer Centerstone Research Institute (CRI), a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare delivery through the integration of research and information technology, is expanding its QlikView deployment to make significant progress toward finding a cure for mental illness and addiction disorders.
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Visual Healthcare Corp. Signs Deal for Enhanced Lab Application
May 10, 2011 | Industry News Release
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the "Company") (NASDAQ OTC: VSHC) announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Sygenics Life Sciences Software (Sygenics LSS) to market a 2nd generation of Lab Automation applications to serve the scientific community. This allows researchers to replace paper-based scientific records and paper-based scrapbooks with more dependable and secure electronic storage capabilities, as well as the ability to instantaneously share information with other scientists of their choice.
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CareCloud and Xpress Technologies Partner Make Practice and Patient Management Easy for Urgent Care Facilities
May 10, 2011 | Industry News Release
CareCloud, the company modernizing healthcare management with powerful cloud-based software and services, and Xpress Technologies, leading provider of physician and nursing documentation, have partnered to launch a combined EMR and practice management solution for urgent care facilities and hospital emergency rooms. The solution offers integration of EMR with daily operations - improving patient flow, decreasing wait time and alleviating stress for busy physicians and nurses.
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NightHawk Radiology Selects Cisco Unified Computing System to Increase Business Agility, Lower Data Center Costs
July 28, 2010 | Industry News Release
NightHawk Radiology Services, which provides high-quality, cost-effective services to approximately 1,600 healthcare sites -- including 26 percent of all U.S. hospitals -- has selected the Cisco Unified Computing System as a highly available and scalable platform for the company's new main data center, which consolidates many smaller server sites around the country into a single primary site.
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