Archives for December 2015
Ontario falls short of goal to digitize all health records by end of 201528 Dec 2015
Despite a 2015 deadline for all patients to have an electronic health record, only two-thirds of Ontarians have a digital... Continue Reading
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Shift to online files has doctors hiring scribes28 Dec 2015
It’s late afternoon, and Dr. James Suen is striding rapidly through a maze of hospital corridors when a colleague approaches... Continue Reading
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The space adventures of wearable tech28 Dec 2015
The Canadian Space Agency has inked a deal with med tech company Hexoskin to develop wearables with an eye to supporting remote monitoring of... Continue Reading
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25 things to know about the state of health IT28 Dec 2015
2015 was a banner year for new growth and development in health IT. But along with broadening adoption and increased... Continue Reading
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Small Practices Are Big on Success with EMRs28 Dec 2015
Bigger is better, right? Well, not always. And especially not when it comes to medical practices and success with electronic... Continue Reading
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2015 Industry Trends That Will Shape Health IT28 Dec 2015
The healthcare industry saw significant change in 2015, from reimbursement reform to coding transitions. Health IT played a big role... Continue Reading
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5 Ways Your Healthcare Clients Can Avoid a Data Breach28 Dec 2015
A HIPAA risk assessment helps you identify potential issues and the steps you can take on behalf of your healthcare clients to... Continue Reading
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With 37 acquisitions, 2015 tops 2014 for digital health M&A28 Dec 2015
The final quarter of 2015 brought eight more digital health acquisitions, plus some larger scale acquisitions that could have reverberations... Continue Reading
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A Look Ahead: Will 2016 be the Year That Telehealth Gets Creative?28 Dec 2015
Looking for that last-minute gift that shows you really care? How about an mHealth gift certificate? In what’s being called... Continue Reading
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The Race to Elevate Healthcare Into the Cloud28 Dec 2015
A parade of companies are spending billions of dollars hoping to move the healthcare industry away from fee-for-service medicine and... Continue Reading
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