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News and insights on healthcare IT technology that can impact patient outcomes, care, accessibility, security, and compliance. Healthcare IT technology is evolving fast, especially as organizations have geared up for technologies such as electronic health records, telemedicine and healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR. Healthcare organizations must also pay close attention to security, compliance, the cloud, and analytics and AI. This section provides news and insights into the technology behind Healthcare IT including software and tools, organizational strategies, and innovative use cases.

IBM Bets On Private Cloud Data Platform

Assembling the pieces to create a modern platform for data management, data governance, and data science can be complex. IBM says it's done the heavy lifting with a private, on-premises cloud platform to do the work.

Assembling the pieces to create a modern platform for data management, data governance, and data science can be complex. IBM says it's done the heavy lifting with a private, on-premises cloud platform to do the work.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

10 New Make-or-Break Priorities for the CIO

As the move toward digital innovation continues, CIOs are increasingly challenged from all angles and with new responsibilities and new technologies.

As the move toward digital innovation continues, CIOs are increasingly challenged from all angles and with new responsibilities and new technologies.

by Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary

How to Avoid Big Data Mistakes

If data is important to your company, then creating a data governance program is as essential to the business as an accounting program.

February 27, 2017

If data is important to your company, then creating a data governance program is as essential to the business as an accounting program.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

February 27, 2017

Healthcare's Looming Disruption: How Can IT Prepare?

A new Gartner Maverick report says that annual physical medical exams and primary care doctors are about to be disrupted by IoT medical devices and algorithm. Here's how IT must shift to accommodate the change.

October 31, 2016

A new Gartner Maverick report says that annual physical medical exams and primary care doctors are about to be disrupted by IoT medical devices and algorithm. Here's how IT must shift to accommodate the change.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

October 31, 2016

Federal Source Code Policy Requires Agencies To Share Code

The objective behind the White House's Federal Source Code policy is to ensure all agencies make custom-developed source code available for re-use across government. The aim is to make the government work more like developers in the private sector and to encourage sharing and collaboration.

August 09, 2016

The objective behind the White House's Federal Source Code policy is to ensure all agencies make custom-developed source code available for re-use across government. The aim is to make the government work more like developers in the private sector and to encourage sharing and collaboration.

by Nathan Eddy, Freelance Writer

August 09, 2016

Microsoft Targets Legal Marijuana Industry With Azure Offering

Microsoft will partner with cannabis tech startup KIND Financial to develop software for tracking the legal growth and sale of marijuana.

Microsoft will partner with cannabis tech startup KIND Financial to develop software for tracking the legal growth and sale of marijuana.

by Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading

Robots: Not The Job Stealers We Feared

Automation and digitalization are unlikely to wipe out as many jobs as once feared, but significant changes will arise, finds a new report.

Automation and digitalization are unlikely to wipe out as many jobs as once feared, but significant changes will arise, finds a new report.

by Thomas Claburn, Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

MarkLogic 9 Enhances Security, Adds Optic API

Pitching itself as the NoSQL database for the enterprise, MarkLogic unveiled version 9 of its platform at its user conference. It adds a host of new security features, plus new data management capabilities to help organizations wrangle structured and unstructured data.

Pitching itself as the NoSQL database for the enterprise, MarkLogic unveiled version 9 of its platform at its user conference. It adds a host of new security features, plus new data management capabilities to help organizations wrangle structured and unstructured data.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

Microsoft Azure Expands Into Canada, South Korea

Microsoft is investing $15 billion to establish the Azure Cloud as a worldwide presence. Canada and South Korea are part of its expansion roadmap.

Microsoft is investing $15 billion to establish the Azure Cloud as a worldwide presence. Canada and South Korea are part of its expansion roadmap.

by Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud

Intermountain Healthcare Balances IoT Adoption And Security Vigilance

Intermountain, a Salt Lake City healthcare provider, innovates with Internet-connected patient devices, but clamps down on security exposures when it sees them.

Intermountain, a Salt Lake City healthcare provider, innovates with Internet-connected patient devices, but clamps down on security exposures when it sees them.

by Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud

Horizon Prioritizes Data And Patient Experience

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Of New Jersey implemented a fee-for-value healthcare delivery model that uses new technologies to gather data and improve member experience. More than 80 business processes were created or modified, transforming systems for enrollment, claims processing, billing, customer service, provider portals, sales, and benefit monitoring. These efforts earned the company the No. 3 spot in the 2016 InformationWeek Elite 100.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Of New Jersey implemented a fee-for-value healthcare delivery model that uses new technologies to gather data and improve member experience. More than 80 business processes were created or modified, transforming systems for enrollment, claims processing, billing, customer service, provider portals, sales, and benefit monitoring. These efforts earned the company the No. 3 spot in the 2016 InformationWeek Elite 100.

by Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading

CrescentCare CIO: How Analytics Improves Patient Outcomes

CrescentCare Health in New Orleans has expanded beyond its original charter as the NO/AIDS Task Force to serve the broader community. CIO Seema Gai is leading the charge to incorporate data analytics to improve patient outcomes.

CrescentCare Health in New Orleans has expanded beyond its original charter as the NO/AIDS Task Force to serve the broader community. CIO Seema Gai is leading the charge to incorporate data analytics to improve patient outcomes.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

CHIME, HeroX Patient ID Challenge Gains Momentum

CHIME launched a prize to fix a stubborn data problem in the healthcare industry. More than 300 companies and individuals have registered to receive more information about the contest, with judging set to begin in May.

CHIME launched a prize to fix a stubborn data problem in the healthcare industry. More than 300 companies and individuals have registered to receive more information about the contest, with judging set to begin in May.

by David Wagner, Executive Editor, Community & IT Life

Healthcare.gov: Hard-Earned Lessons For CIOs

It's been just over two years since the controversial and troubled launch of Healthcare.gov, a marquee project for a new age of digital government, implementing a politically controversial policy of affordable healthcare insurance for everyone. As of today more than 6 million people have been enrolled through this system. InformationWeek caught up with Healthcare.gov's technology lead to talk about lessons learned.

It's been just over two years since the controversial and troubled launch of Healthcare.gov, a marquee project for a new age of digital government, implementing a politically controversial policy of affordable healthcare insurance for everyone. As of today more than 6 million people have been enrolled through this system. InformationWeek caught up with Healthcare.gov's technology lead to talk about lessons learned.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps

Computer Science For All: Obama Unveils Initiative For US Students

Computer science is no longer an optional skill, says President Barack Obama. The new Computer Science for All initiative represents an extension of ongoing efforts by the White House to improve the availability of, and access to, K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

February 02, 2016

Computer science is no longer an optional skill, says President Barack Obama. The new Computer Science for All initiative represents an extension of ongoing efforts by the White House to improve the availability of, and access to, K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

by Thomas Claburn, Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

February 02, 2016