March 13, 2012 John DeGaspari
blog
There has been a lot of publicity lately about the benefits of cloud computing in healthcare, although hospital systems have been taking a cautious approach when it comes to moving certain applications to a cloud platform.
January 17, 2012
news
The Falls Church, Va.-based IT software provider CSC and Softheon, a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based healthcare business process software provider, have come to asoftware distribution agreement that will aim to help healthcare professionals optimize efficiency and increase productivity through a cloud-based insurance process software program.
December 29, 2011 Gabriel Perna
article
Because of competing priorities as well as cost, security and implementation concerns, cloud-based storage development has gotten off to a slow start in healthcare.
October 24, 2011
blog
About two weeks ago, Merge Healthcare (http://www.merge.com/) changed the game relative to image sharing cloud services! Over the past two years, a number of companies have been attempting to make a business model out of offering CD replacement services for sharing images.
September 6, 2011 John DeGaspari
blog
At a time when the on-demand, pay-as-you-go model of cloud computing has been getting a lot of press as a way to save costs, it’s more important than ever to have a good understanding of what needs to be done to make sure that data remains secure. The urgency of the issue was reinforced, for me, by an op-ed piece in the August 30 New York Times by Vivek Kundra, who was the Obama administration’s chief information officer between 2009 and last month.
August 16, 2011
blog
I know it’s an interesting time of year for sports, particularly if you are a Wisconsinite such as me! (Need I mention the Packers or the Brewers?) Fortunately, I am not talking sports. I am speaking to experience with PHI in the cloud. I recently blogged on Google’s decision to exit the personal health storage business (Google Rains on the Cloud, June 30, 2011), and suggested it would be a boon to others in the market, such as Microsoft’s HealthVault.
August 2, 2011
blog
I’ve been researching cloud applications lately, and based on my research, I am concerned that imaging services can quickly get confused by all the IT terminology mumbo jumbo! I thought I would take a stab at reviewing several options to raise awareness and make sure service providers understand where vendors are coming from.
July 20, 2011 John Degaspari
article
As more provider organizations look to the cloud computing model, they face a host of security-related questions. What are the appropriate applications for the cloud, what is the best cloud model, and what do they need to know to choose the best vendor? Hospital CIOs and security experts weigh in.
June 30, 2011 John DeGaspari
article
How secure is cloud computing as far as protecting patient data? At a time when many health providers are considering the use of the cloud, it’s a question worth considering.
June 23, 2011 John DeGaspari
blog
The cloud: smart business move, but proceed with caution.
June 13, 2011 Mark Hagland
article
Springfield Clinic, a multispecialty medical group located in Springfield, Illinois and surrounding communities, encompasses 340 clinical providers (among them 240 physicians) practicing in 40 specialties, and employs 1,900 clinical and administrative staff members, serving a population of nearly one million patients in more than 20 medical offices across central Illinois.
April 22, 2011 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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The secure messaging space is alive with new innovations that are moving the industry forward. Key in this space is the push toward moving secure messaging to the cloud and pushing it out to mobile devices. Among the examples are solutions that allow physicians to receive encrypted email on mobile devices, as well as ones that allow doctors to securely text-message each other to coordinate care. However, the security issues around these emerging technologies in this very active space must be further explored.
