Between new regulations and shifting models, healthcare is constantly changing. Perhaps the greatest change currently facing healthcare—even in the face of the shift to value-based care, new transparency rules, EHR problems, and a host of other financial and technological changes—is consumerism. As members are increasingly recognized as picky consumers, healthcare organizations are struggling to keep up with new demands and expectations. The only thing that’s clear, it seems, i...
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Cyberattacks keep targeting healthcare organizations and health systems. What are executives to do to try to mitigate the damage? Data theft, or stealing or accessing health information, and disruptive and destructive threats, like ransomware and malware, are the two groups of threats facing healthcare organizations, according to a report released by cybersecurity company FireEye. FireEye also identified threat activity by motivation in its report called “Beyond Compliance: Cyber Threats a...
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Millennials are not only shying away from regular physicals and wellness checks, they’re also reluctant to go see a doctor when a medical problem arises, according to new study.
In June 2019, Harmony Healthcare IT researchers surveyed 2,103 millennials between the ages of 23 to 38. Fifty-seven percent of respondents were female and 43% were male. Of those respondents, 82% were employed or self-employed. Thirty-five percent of respondents identified as having a pre-existing medical c...
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Health information exchanges (HIEs) serve the vast majority of those in the U.S.: approximately 92% of the population, according to a new survey. The results were released by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) at the opening of its 5th annual national conference, on Monday. But even as the results touted the expansion as a critical advancement to a nagging problem in the healthcare landscape, it was a top federal official the same morning who called the current data ...
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Researchers are increasingly studying the effects of environmental insults on psychiatric and neurological conditions, motivated by emerging evidence from environmental events like the record-breaking smog that choked New Delhi two years ago. The results of a new study publishing August 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by an international group of researchers using large data sets from the US and Denmark suggests a possible link between exposure to environmental pollution and an increa...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is long on aspiration and short on return. Healthcare AI is predicted to reach a $6.6 billion dindustry by 2021. This week I spoke with Don Woodlock, head of the HealthShare business unit at Intersystems, about the future of AI - and especially to separate the hype from the upside when it comes to its adoption. My supposition: whether there are use cases for AI in healthcare, or whether this is just something people like to sink money into at the moment...
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Lionbridge, the world's most trusted global communications platform, is pleased to announce that it has won the Technology division award for Employee Engagement in the Conference Board's Excellence in Marketing & Communications Awards Program. This prestigious program honors organizations for their innovative use of communications technologies. Last year, Lionbridge developed a new intranet known as The Bridge to help its more than 6,000 employees around the world live out its missi...
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Lionbridge Technologies is proud to announce it has again been named one of America's Best Employers by Forbes, which also recognized Lionbridge as a Best Employer for Women in 2018. The 2019 list recognizes organizations across a variety of industries that employ more than 1,000 people in the U.S. Working with Statista, Forbes deployed an independent survey to a representative sample of the US workforce and reached more than 50,000 employees overall. The rankings were mainly assessed based ...
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While people believe that their healthcare experiences are positive, they admit to having very little control over their journeys, according to a new study. Maestro Health’s new data study, “The Consumer Healthcare Paradox,” surveyed 1,000 consumers aged 25+, and explores the American public’s general perception on high-quality healthcare versus how much it costs. Findings show that, surprisingly, 78% describe their healthcare as positive, but only half of respondents fee...
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Healthcare systems are generally not looking far into a future with a digital strategy in mind, according to research by an Illinois-based consulting firm.About half of systems are looking primarily to their EHR system as their main driver of digital engagement, according to a series of focus-group discussions with 40 chief information officers (CIOs) and other senior health IT leaders. Out of four progressively complex models of digital integration, only the nation’s largest health system...
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