by Bren Hopkins | Feb 3, 2017 | Digital Consumer Health, Digital Health, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare Design, Healthcare IT, Informatics, security
The Federal Trade Commission has been taking a tougher regulatory stance on healthcare information technology in recent years, in an effort to protect the privacy and security of consumer health data. A senior FTC official told Congress that lawmakers can expect to...
by Bren Hopkins | Jan 7, 2017 | Digital Consumer Health, Digital Health, outcomes
Increase quality, decrease cost..oftentimes, quality, profitability and sustainability operate at odds with each other. This is why the use of design thinking is needed in the strategic and planning stages for a new process, system or policy. First, it helps to...
by Bren Hopkins | Dec 3, 2016 | Digital Health, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare IT, outcomes, payment models, value based care
In any field, improving performance and accountability depends on having a shared goal that unites the interests and activities of all stakeholders. In health care, however, stakeholders have myriad, often conflicting goals, including access to services,...
by Bren Hopkins | Oct 25, 2016 | Digital Health, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare IT, Informatics
Data is everywhere and in many different forms. Healthcare data is diverse and complex which challenges a linear progression to derive an informed result in hopes of outcomes to improve care and patient safety and decrease cost. MULTIPLE PLACES IN MULTIPLE WAYS The...
by Bren Hopkins | Mar 10, 2016 | Digital Health, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare IT, Informatics
Clinicians understand the importance leading the decision making in healthcare systems for technology that impacts patient care. According to the 576 respondents of the 2015 HIMSS Impact of Informatic Nurse Survey, informatic nurses were widely seen as bringing value...
Recent Comments