How to Efficiently Optimize Existing Health IT Infrastructures
At HIMSS14, infrastructure was on the minds of many attendees. In the above video, AirStrip CEO Alan Portela talks about how healthcare organizations can economically optimize technology...
View ArticleThe Impact of Healthcare Data Breaches
The U.S. federal government recognizes the risk of data breaches to the healthcare industry and has enacted laws to mandate protection of personally identifiable information. This information,...
View ArticleGrowing Concern about Healthcare Privacy, But What to Do?
A recent Reuters / Ipsos poll finds that 51 percent of Americans are spooked by Internet companies and their growing ambitions, “with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much...
View ArticleWhy You Need Cloud Security for Health IT
Security breaches can be costly for healthcare organizations and put vital patient data at risk. As the role of cloud computing becomes more prevalent, the need for security remains a hot topic for...
View ArticleProviding More Patient-Level Data
Below is the latest in a series of guest posts from Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, the commissioner of health for the state of New York. Look for more of his blogs in the Intel Health & Life Sciences...
View ArticleWhat to Do with Legacy Healthcare Enterprise Solutions
Mixing old and new technologies is a pain point for many healthcare CIOs. Recently, we caught up with Jeff Fleming, Vice President Americas for Carestream, who talked about legacy healthcare...
View ArticleThe Rise of Patient Empowerment
Technology is pushing patient participation to new levels. How is this trend changing the face of healthcare IT infrastructures? In the above video, CDW business development manager Kimberly Krisik...
View ArticleAnalytics at Core of Patient Care
In the above video, Saurabh Swarup, practice leader for healthcare analytics at Dell Services, talks about why healthcare is behind on utilizing analytics, and how analytics will ultimately be at the...
View ArticleHow GATK is Advancing Genomic Analysis
As we get closer to the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo next week, we’re taking a more focused look at analytics this week and how data impacts both clinical health IT and genomic research...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Data Integration and Mobile Platforms Combine?
As Bio-IT World approaches next week, we are sharing a pre-show guest blog series from industry experts on trends you can expect to hear about at the event. Below is a guest contribution from Robert...
View ArticleHow to Make Health IT Analytics Useful
The convergence of clinical analytics and genomic data in healthcare is well underway. That’s why we recently gathered a panel of experts to discuss how analytics can be turned into powerful...
View ArticleHead in the Cloud(s)?
As Bio-IT World approaches next week, we are sharing a pre-show guest blog series from industry experts on trends you can expect to hear about at the event. Below is a guest contribution from Phil...
View ArticleUsing Hard Drive Encryption to Protect Against Health IT Data Breaches
The advancement of technology has enabled us to work untethered from our traditional office environments. The increase in the mobile workforce also necessitates the adoption of security solutions that...
View ArticleHow to Accelerate Human Genome Resequencing
Genome resequencing in patients is an important step in the detection of mutation for congenital diseases. Traditionally, genomics software has been run on High Performance Computing (HPC)...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of Hadoop for Genomic Assembly and Alignment
Genome resequencing allows us to understand how genetic differences affect health and cause diseases. This is an important step in detecting anomalies associated with many genetically inherited...
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