Tag: Health Information Technology

A consumer-driven industry is one in which the consumer puts pressure on an industry to act a certain way or provide a certain product or service that is influenced by their...

Electronic Health Records (EHR) have gone through many changes over the years. What once started as the initiative to go from paper-based to paper-less soon became a necessity...

The country’s opioid abuse has been a hot topic of late. From the misuse and abuse of opioid prescriptions and the forging of such prescriptions, states are mandating the use of...

Interoperability is defined as the ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information, according to Google dictionary.   In the healthcare...

Healthcare teams. Teams in healthcare. Does this notion correspond with today’s reality, or are we still stuck in a cycle of independence and lack of coordination? Continue...

When it comes to incorporating technology into our healthcare system, just like any other industry, everyone fits within a segment. Whether it be clinicians, practice managers or...

Marisa Torrieri discusses in HealcareDIVE with Stephen Armstrong if asking patients to pay for portal use turn them off, or if it does make sense for them to share in the cost...

I was not surprised to read the report released a few weeks ago by KLAS Research showing that more than a quarter of physician practices are in the market to replace their...

The recent opening of several primary care clinics by Wal-Mart is among the latest examples of how our health care delivery landscape continues to evolve. And when the nation’s...