When it comes to health care data, it isn’t simply a matter of collecting more. For data to make a difference, it must be put into context. Unfortunately, today’s health […]

This week’s AI Talk… Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published their latest five-year strategic plan for the 2020-2025 period. I’ve reviewed […]

Patient matching—the ability to match a person to their correct medical record—is a perennial issue in health IT. The lack of a consistent, stable patient identifier interferes with patient matching. […]

Can we all agree that cloud technology offers tremendous benefits in platform and cost reduction? In my stewardship of the cloud for 3M Health Information Systems, I’ve also learned how […]

As a traditional technology leader, it took me a few years to accept the Cloud and its ability to provide the agility of “adding” storage to solve any problem quickly. […]

An interesting convergence of articles flowed over my laptop recently: 1:  Becker’s ACS Review: The 11 things payers, providers really think about value-based care:[1] Seventy-five percent of health plan executives […]

The digital age has created more noise than useful information. This is especially true in health care, where the quantity of electronic health information has exploded over the past decade. […]

There is a lot of speculation about the disruption that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will bring to health care. This disruption discussion often covers the applicability and the impact (opportunities and […]

We all know the story. It was 1976, and Steve Wozniak was dabbling in computer design in his garage. He created a new machine that he shared with his friend […]

So much hope is invested in health data. As technology zooms into the 21st century (wearables, predictive modeling, precision medicine), health data organizations are scrambling to keep up. The promise […]

Computer and technology hosting in the last ten years can be categorized into three distinct relationships: Co-locations, managed services and the Cloud. It is a bit confusing to understand, but […]