With hospitals struggling to retain staff and value-based care shrinking healthcare revenues, health systems must look to technology resources to become more efficient, without losing sight of patient care or staff support.
During MedCity News’ INVEST conference, CommonSpirit Health CIO Daniel Barchi laid out two critical actions that hospitals can take to help ensure their new technology investments will be worth their time and money. The first is to prioritize scalability, and the second is to involve frontline clinical staff early on in the process.
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
As hospitals face consolidation and CIOs are asked to increase staff productivity, tech companies that can support automation with solutions that are easy to onboard are getting heightened interest.
Chief medical officers (CMO) and chief information officers (CIO) believe that the medical industry in on the cusp of transformative change and this partnership will be a key driver of innovation. This collaboration will usher in an era of technological advances in healthcare, which we refer to as Future Care.
In a wide-ranging interview, UAB Health System CIO Joan Hicks shared some of the projects on her list for the year ahead, and how remote work has affected her team as well as IT hiring prospects in Alabama.
The Chief Information Officer of LifeBridge Health talks about how CIOs are redefining digital access for consumers and why it’s important that CIOs have a say when their organization evaluates new partnerships or platforms.
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
In a wide-ranging interview, Mount Sinai Health System CIO Kristin Myers shared key lessons learned in 2020, plans for the year ahead and what she thinks a Biden presidency means for health IT policy.
MedCity News will host its INVEST conference online July 20-24. Speakers, including Chris Coburn of Mass General Brigham, will share insights on addressing Covid-19. Startups across biopharma, medical devices, diagnostics, health It and health services will also present their technology.
The rise of cybersecurity threats, adoption of clinical informatics and integration of digital health tools have led hospitals to increase IT budgets. But what do these and other developments mean for the future of the healthcare CIO?
A look at some of the factors transforming the role of CIOs in the healthcare industry.
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Peter Bak, CIO of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, highlighted his organization's digital efforts around systems automation, connectivity and an analytics-focused command center.
In a phone Q&A, Keith Perry, CIO of the Memphis, Tennessee-based organization, voiced his thoughts on interoperability, artificial intelligence and the health IT problem he wishes he could magically solve.
In a phone interview, Nemours Children's Health System CIO Bernie Rice weighed in on precision medicine, the trends he noticed at HIMSS and how his past experiences in the U.S. Air Force and at Anheuser-Busch have informed his current work in healthcare.
In a Q&A, B.J. Moore discussed how his tech experience at Microsoft will inform his work at Providence St. Joseph Health, where he will start as CIO on January 28.
A new survey of 85 healthcare CIOs found they are not extremely confident in their organization's information but intend to invest in improving data trust and self-service.