Consider this: 96% of healthcare organizations have experienced at least one data breach in the past two years. Only 23% of health care organizations use mobile device encryption. Nearly half of healthcare organizations do nothing to protect data on mobile devices. Now consider that the number of physicians using smartphones has escalated rapidly in recent… Read more »
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Mobile Technology: It’s No Longer Optional for Healthcare institutions
Eric Yablonka, Chief Information Officer of University of Chicago Hospitals & UC Pritzker School of Medicine, recently commented, “Connected medical devices are not just ‘nice to have stuff’ anymore; [they’re] proving themselves to be truly life saving stuff now.” And who better to discuss the future of mobile technologies for health research and healthcare delivery… Read more »
Top 10 Trends For Healthcare And Wellness In 2012
The healthcare industry is changing and evolving quickly, mostly out of necessity. But throughout the past year, several themes repeated themselves in the industry, giving insight into what factors will play vital roles for healthcare in the near future: Technology is here to stay: Technology is set to pave the way to a better overall healthcare… Read more »
Social Media Is Becoming Influential in the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare is no longer a wallflower in the fast-growing realm of social media. Social media, which uses web or mobile technologies for discussions and collaborations, connects people internally and externally to an organization. And whether it’s reacting to customer complaints, monitoring web chatter or communicating with their workers, healthcare organizations are discovering the benefits of… Read more »
Will the Healthcare Job Market Remain Strong in 2012?
While the rest of the economy continues to stagnate, it looks like healthcare will be one of the most productive job-creation engines in 2012. Patient and practitioner demographics will combine with healthcare system changes to create healthcare jobs month after month. Healthcare has been a rare bright spot in the job market for the past… Read more »
Healthcare Organizations Urge Congressional Super Committee Members Not to Cut Medicaid and Medicare Funding
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Long Term Care Workers (ULTCW) and a group of partner organizations recently sent an open letter to the members of the Congressional Super Committee working on deficit reduction, calling on Committee members to use their “conscience as their compass” when deliberating solutions to the national debt. SEIU ULTCW’s major… Read more »
Can Mobile Technology Replace Primary Care Physicians?
With growing concerns about a healthcare workforce shortage and rising costs, hospitals and health systems are exploring ways to provide services and keep expenses down. “There is currently, and will remain until about the year 2030, a shortage of health care workers to meet the demand for care. This warrants a change in the delivery… Read more »
High Student Loans Push Doctors from Primary Care Positions
The average college graduate owes about $24,000 in student loans, but a medical school graduate owes up to twelve times as much — about $280,000. With that much debt, many young doctors are choosing to enter more lucrative specialties like dermatology or cardiology over primary care. Why? The numbers add up better. While the average… Read more »
How Low Will Hospital Margins Fall Due To Cost-Cutting?
Back in the early years of the current recession, evidence shows that not-for-profit hospitals and systems created stable or improved operations and kept healthy operating margins thanks to spending cuts. Some efforts made headlines, such as construction delays and layoffs. Hospitals also froze wages, cut spending on supplies and equipment and closed or cut unprofitable… Read more »
Can Wireless Medical Devices Be Hacked?
In the next five years, the use of wearable wireless devices will increase, according to a new report from ABI Research. ABI believes applications covering heart rate monitors, blood glucose meters and tracking and monitoring services will drive the adoption of a new generation of body-worn sensors, especially when the services are connected to smartphones…. Read more »