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Stop Blaming the Mainframe for Healthcare IT Shortfalls

Stop Blaming the Mainframe for Healthcare IT Shortfalls

by Allan Zander | Nov 14, 2016

At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US healthcare system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals, doctors, nursing homes. As our aging population booms, it is imperative, he says, to create personal, networked,...

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Healthcare IT Organizations face Critical Challenges

Healthcare IT Organizations face Critical Challenges

by Keith Allingham | Nov 4, 2016

Healthcare IT organizations face enormous challenges: Providers such as hospitals, HMOs, and PPOs must deal with spiraling costs, increasingly strict regulatory requirements, rising patient expectations, constrained reimbursements, and more. Payers such as healthcare...

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