Healthcare IT

Enhancing the Virtual Desktop User Experience in Healthcare

In healthcare, maintaining a compliant desktop environment plays a critical role in supporting clinical staff that is becoming increasingly reliant on electronic resources. For some IT departments, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) — a solution that separates the desktop environment from physical devices by centrally hosting resources in the data center — has become the obvious

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The Hidden IT Risks That Threaten Your Healthcare Practice

Ten Hidden Risks That Threaten Your Healthcare Practice from Gordon Flesch Company Summary: TEN HIDDEN IT RISKS THAT THREATEN YOUR HEALTHCARE PRACTICE ©2013 Gordon Flesch Company, Inc. www.gflesch.com GWP03 RISK #9: BRING YOUR OWN HEADACHE On the one hand, new devices such as smart phones and tablets can increase employee productivity—and when employees use their own

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The Decision to Build or Buy Management Software in the Health Care Industry

The decision to “Build or Buy” management software in the Health Care Industry is a huge step in the process towards greater organizational efficiency. Decision makers for hospitals, medical centers and health plans must make this choice for a wide variety of software types including but not limited to: Contract Management Software, Billing and Invoicing

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The Biggest Ways Healthcare Has Changed In The Last Century

It’s no secret that the world of healthcare has changed over the last hundred years. Things have improved; new discoveries have been made. What was once thought of as impossible and unthinkable may have now even become the new norm. As technology constantly improves, it has affected all types of industries, including healthcare. What used

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How To Boost The Health IT Paycheck You Desire

Health Information Technology (Health IT) jobs are demanding. Although the fast-paced industry is fulfilling, you feel like you should be taking home more money for your efforts. You’re not the only one. According to the 2015 Healthcare Information Technology Salary Report, conducted by my company, HealthITJobs.com, health IT professionals feel they deserve $17,227 more on

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The Disruption of Healthcare Has Already Begun (Part-I)

I was planning to write a piece on the future of medicine. However, the future of medicine has already arrived. The disruption of a system plagued by high cost, waste of resources, medical errors, and system-centered care, is currently being transformed. Over $2 billion in capital is entering the healthcare space each quarter to support

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