Cloud Computing
Too often, people think narrowly about integration, viewing it only in terms of making sure one system can talk to another. It must be far more than that.
While we can't afford to have redundancy in every situation due to budgets and application architectures, we can partner to understand the core technology needs and design to minimize downtime for business and clinical units.
When implemented correctly, these programs can effectively crowdsource security research and testing services to help uncover real world exploitable vulnerabilities.
Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. New advances in cloud and telehealth/remote monitoring are forcing the issue.
One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' and more.
Before disasters, such as tornadoes or wildfires, communities should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones," where equipment and virtual-care kiosks can be moved.
Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality-of-life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity.
In the COVID-19 era, health systems recognize that existing data infrastructure is inadequate. Here are three things large datasets need to be useful.
Maintaining a large infrastructure requires substantial investment. IT leadership must also have an understanding of business plans for growth and scale.
Compliance is a serious, enforceable matter – and must be properly addressed in the context of the workplace challenges and changes that have emerged amid the pandemic.
