EHR Integration Hindered by Business Decisions, Not Technology
Despite being a field that regularly produces advances in treatment, healthcare in some ways remains behind the curve in terms of sharing data. Case in point: Electronic Health Records, or EHR, is “a longitudinal electronic...
First Ever 3D Printed Drug Available in U.S. Market
More than five million people in the United States have been diagnosed with epilepsy or other seizure disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three million people suffer from active epilepsy. Almost...
USF Health IT Survey Finds High Salaries and Job Satisfaction
Not only is health information technology (IT) a fast-growing field, but it offers good wages and a high degree of job satisfaction, according to a new survey conducted by the USF Health Morsani College...
Scientists Invent 3D Printer Capable of Creating Human-Scale Body Parts and Tissues
There’s been a leap forward in medicine at Wake Forest University, as researchers at the school’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have developed a 3D printer capable of creating human-scale tissues that can survive transplants...
Infographic: 2015 Health IT Industry Survey Results
Infographic by USF Health's Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida 2015 Health IT Survey - USF Health. Feel free to embed this on your website by copying and pasting the following...
Robots, Quantum Computing & Other Emerging Medical Technology
Emerging medical technology in the healthcare industry is altering the patient experience. Where once electronic healthcare records seemed a big step, 90 percent of hospitals now have such records. The next moves involve using technologies...
Urgent Medical Issues can Stump Smartphone Voices
Smartphone personal assistants may know who’s fifth on the all-time home run list (Willie Mays), the 1924 Democratic presidential candidate (John W. Davis) and the 74th element on the periodic table (tungsten), but they...
Researchers Invent ‘Magic Wand’ to Protect Healthcare Data
A “magic wand” developed to prevent hackers from stealing healthcare data will be introduced in April at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications. Nicknamed “Wanda,” the digital tool was created by Dartmouth College researchers...
How 3D Printing is Changing Healthcare
Along with Big Data, 3D printing has been one of the hottest technology topics for years. But what can it actually do? And what are the applications for healthcare? As it turns out, 3D printing already...
Cloud-Based Health Records: The Next Step in the Healthcare Revolution
A December 2015 Forbes article by Lyndsey Gilpin addressed the progress the healthcare industry has – but more importantly, hasn’t – made with its management of medical records. The days of paper piles and manila...