Right now, businesses are struggling with the consumerization of IT, or BYOD (bring your own device) as many have taken to calling it. Basically, it’s the introduction of consumer gadgets like the iPad and Android smartphones into a company’s technology mix. It can cause problems like corporate data residing on a personally-owned phone that your […]
Electronic medical records’ green potential lies in the cloud
Can electronic medical records (EMR) help hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices go green? Yes, but not right away. Kaiser Permanente, a health care giant, used itself as a test case and the results are encouraging. Transitioning to electronic medical records can cut CO2 emissions by up to 1.7 million tons a year. The New York […]
Go paperless: Electronic medical records by the numbers
Infographic: Want to know how much time, energy and resources are wasted in healthcare paperwork? Tons, according to GE. The company has created a neat video infographic highlighting the tremendous amount of waste — not to mention the negative impact to patient care — surrounding dead-tree record keeping and billing in the healthcare industry (embedded […]
Study: $5.4 Billion North American Electronic Medical Record Market by 2015
Interesting data from Global Industry Analysts today. According to the research firm, electronic medical records (EMR) will comprise a $5.4 billion market in North America by 2015. In Europe, that number is $1.4 billion. Why does it matter? Obviously, updating…
Steve Ballmer on Healthcare IT, Green Computing
As CES unfolds this week, Steve Ballmer has some thoughts to share on, what else, but technology. Over at the Huffington Post, Ballmer discusses how IT can improve and reduce waste in healthcare and help turn the tide on climate…
SaaS and Electronic Medical Records
Electronic medical records not only hold the promise of eliminating inefficiency and improving the quality of care, they can also dramatically reduce the amount of paper the healthcare industry consumes. By Microsoft’s estimates, eliminating paper can help put a…
The Healthcare IT Struggle: Electronic Medical Records and Vested Interests
Who would oppose modernizing the healthcare system with standardized electronic medical records and an underlying, hopefully secure infrastructure that maintains a person’s medical history throughout their lives? Not having to fill out that questionnaire every time you visit a new…
