The Healthcare Sector in the United States is going to change in the very near future. Join us on May 19 as our panel of industry experts discuss the implications across all industry segments. As the aging population grows and cost of health care rises, the concept of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) is emerging. The [...]
From: http://telemedicinenews.blogspot.com/2009/12/cloud-computing-on-horizon.html Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Posted by Carolyn Bloch at 8:26 AM Researchers from the Pervasive Technology Institute at the Digital Science Center at Indiana University are working on developing and using cloud computing techniques to support life science research. NIH awarded the university $1.5 million in grant funding to construct an experimental supercomputing [...]
Pressures to change the healthcare delivery system continue to increase from the major healthcare constituencies. The current healthcare delivery system is complex and not structured in a way that helps clinicians systematically improve the delivery of care while simultaneously avoiding mistakes. The future healthcare delivery system has been characterized by some has Health 2.0. Emerging [...]
Thanks to the green initiatives and cost-cuttings the latest buzz word in the high tech echelons today is virtualization – from machines to teams to supply chain to consumers… all are virtually getting connected in a huge complex matrix. However some of the biggest challenges in making this matrix work efficiently have not only been [...]
Connected Healthcare Systems Naeem Hashmi – 1/12/09 VP, Knowledge Management & informatics Fresenius Medical Care NA Healthcare reform package is one of the major initiatives on the top of Obama’s agenda. The $50-$65 billion proposal consists of wide array of tax incentives and government insurance programs to offer affordable health insurance to more people [...]