August 5, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The Knight Foundation, a Miami, Fla.-based media corporation, is teaming up with four big-name health collaborators to launch a health innovation challenge, offering $2 million for innovative use of health data.
July 26, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
The growth of VC funding in health IT has grown momentously since 2011, says Raj Prabhu, the CEO of the Austin, Texas-based market intelligence firm, Mercom Capital Group. In this Q&A, Prabhu explains why this is, what kinds of technologies venture capitalists are funding, and if the bubble of health IT VC funding will ever burst.
July 24, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Physicians in the U.S. have cited managing shifting reimbursement models with payers (91 percent), financial management (90 percent), and spending time with patients (88 percent) as the top three business challenges, according to a new survey from Wolters Kluwer Health, a global information services company.
July 24, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The CommonWell Health Alliance has added two more companies, Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (CPSI) and Sunquest Information Systems, to join the organization in its goal of achieving industry wide interoperability.
July 23, 2013 Gabriel Perna
blog
In today’s world of nonstop digital information, it’s important for providers to realize that patients are going to educate themselves on possible medical symptoms whether they like it or not. Leading provider organization are rightfully recognizing this and taking the initiative rather than letting patients rely on Dr. Google.
July 23, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
For the first half of 2013, health information technology was the most active market segment of the healthcare/pharma IT industry for mergers and acquisitions, according to a report from New York-based investment bank Berkery Noyes.
July 23, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
According to seven different surveys of various end-users conducted by the New York-based Black Book Market Research, eight health record (EHR) vendors stand above the crowded pack of 550 qualified systems and nearly 900 EHR competitors when it comes to satisfaction.
July 22, 2013 Mark Hagland
news
On July 15, Next Wave Health, a Huntsville, Tex.-based investment advisory firm involved with healthcare information technology, announced that Drexel (Drex) DeFord, a very well-known leader among healthcare CIOs, had joined the company as principal advisor, where “he will help forward-thinking entrepreneurs turn promising ideas into successful businesses,” according to a news item on the company’s website.
July 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released resource for health IT stakeholders to use as a way to evaluate their IT investments.
July 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, recently conducted a survey that revealed most healthcare provider organizations and IT vendors are planning on hiring more employees in the coming year. A number of providers say becasue of staffing shortages they are putting an IT initiative on hold.
July 10, 2013 David Raths
news
Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer at the Department of Health & Human Services, often gives talks about his office’s efforts to make sharing data with the public the default setting at HHS. And he can point to successes in making data sets such has hospital-pricing information available. But his goals as “entrepreneur in residence” also include getting people within HHS’ siloed organizations to work together on new concepts.
July 9, 2013 Gabriel Perna
blog
Since 2012, crowdfunding has gone viral. Its explosion into mainstream consciousness has begun to touch the world of healthcare IT, but how effective is it in getting an idea or product off the ground? The answer to that question is still very much a mystery.
