Search Tag: IT systems

IT Management

Vendor-driven-standards-for-interoperability

2019 21 Aug

David Hancock, the healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems, was recently elected vendor co-chair of INTEROPen , a UK collaboration that promotes open standards for interoperability in the health and care sector. HealthManagement.org spoke to David about why he wants INTEROPen to be vendor-led and how this approach will help both suppliers and...Read more

IT Management

The-price-of-healthcare-outsourcing-redundancy

2016 28 Apr

Recently, Modern Healthcare reported that Emblem Health laid off 250 staff members, or 7.5 percent of the company’s workforce, after deciding to outsource all of its tech work to services company Cognizant. CEO Karen Ignagni said outsourcing the work was part of critical modernisation for the company’s future. Ignagni...Read more

IT Management

It-security-complacency-high

2015 20 Oct

Many healthcare professionals believe criminals are increasingly targeting health IT systems; however, only 10 percent or less of healthcare organisations' IT budget goes toward cybersecurity and protecting their patients' highly sensitive information, according to a new study from Trustwave. The survey was conducted to measure the challenges facing...Read more

IT Management

Agfa-healthcare-selected-as-approved-supplier-for-nhs-sbs-in-healthcare-clinical-information-systems

2015 29 Sep

Framework will simplify and speed up the tender process for complex IT healthcare systems Agfa HealthCare selected for five of the six system domains. Suppliers chosen are those that can support healthcare providers to drive improvements in delivery of patient care.   Agfa HealthCare's modular and customizable ORBIS suite*supports...Read more

IT Management

Himss-87-of-providers-invest-in-data-protection-vs-new-threats

2015 04 Jul

Healthcare providers take the issue of cybersecurity seriously, and most of them (87 percent) have implemented new technology and personnel to guard against cyberattacks, results of the 2015 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey show. Two-thirds of those surveyed also indicated that their organisations had experienced a significant security incident recently....Read more