With the BlackBerry enterprise software platform, RIM’s PlayBook tablet may be a fit for the health care industry. – As
Research In Motion positions its new BlackBerry
PlayBook tablet for the enterprise, it may focus some of its marketing
efforts on the health care field.
With
health care organizations already equipped with BlackBerry smartphones and
relying on the security the device brings, the PlayBook …
Hospitals, medical clinics, doctor’s offices and other health care organizations are facing government-mandated deadlines in a host of areas such as electronic medical records, clinical systems and new privacy and medical-coding standards. IT is expected to reap some of the benefits of this health care growth spurt. Evidence from a couple of new reports from health care IT industry organizations shows demand for health care-related technology jobs is on the rise.
– It’s not uncommon to hear about the high demand
of medical-related jobs such as nursing. With an aging Baby Boomer population, the
expectation for growing demand in health care jobs is real, according to the
Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor statistics, which predicted quot;3.2
million new …
Microsoft and Eclipsys announced an alliance Feb. 24 that will combine certain Eclipsys health care IT applications with Microsoft’s Amalga Unified Intelligence System, which aggregates disparate information for health care organizations. Microsoft’s forays into health care IT include not only Amalga, but also its HealthVault, an online depository for patient health care data. Both companies announced that the alliance would more health care organizations existing IT infrastructure more efficient in its information storage and retrieval.
– Microsoft and Eclipsys announced an alliance Feb. 24 that will see
components of the latters Sunrise Enterprise suite integrated into the former’s
Amalga Unified Intelligence System, providing health care organizations such as
hospitals with increased analytic capabilities on top of unified sto…
IBM Global Financing has entered into deals with four health care organizations to help them pay for their EHR projects while they await federal stimulus funds. The deals also will enable IBM to collect interest on the financing and raise its profile in the growing health care IT market.
– IBM is looking to help health care businesses put their medical
records into a digital format while they wait for federal stimulus
funds to become available.
IBM announced Dec. 22 that its lending unit, IBM Global Financing,
has signed new financing agreements with four EHR (electronic health
r…
A new survey shows 80 percent of health care organizations reported a data breach within the last year. Perhaps even more disturbing, IT professionals claim management support to protect patient privacy as a priority is lacking.
– The vast majority of health care organizations experienced at least one incident of lost or stolen electronic health information in the past year, and 4 percent had more than five patient data breaches, according to a new survey by LogLogic and the Ponemon Institute. Of the 80 percent that reported …
