Cloud Computing

An executive cautions that the biggest challenge with cloud computing in healthcare is the contract organizations sign with vendors of cloud services.

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Its enterprise content management technology spans the enterprise helping address multiple workflows, from clinical care to revenue cycle management.

The electronic health record maker has built out its suite to enable integration with third-party apps and competing EHR systems, its chief executive said. 

athenahealth’s CEO said that hospital executives should stop tolerating software that users hate and, instead, demand a new set of core competencies from their technology vendors. And he pointed to Waze, Google and Kayak as examples to emulate. 

The startup said it will use the funding to strengthen its OncologyCloud. 

The new extension to its HRM platform enables hospital executives to better serve patient populations, and identify market opportunities, CEO Brad Bostic said. 

After a successful year-long telemedicine program, Children’s Mercy informatics director Richard Stroup seized the opportunity to open the cloud-based app up to other hospitals. Seattle Children’s is already using it and Cincinnati is next.

Christiana Care CISO Anahi Santiago demands cloud vendors show her ISO or HITRUST certification, a review of SOC II as well as policies and procedures, summaries of penetration and vulnerability assessment and more.

The technology, known as Hugo, empowers patients to compile data from multiple EHRs and synchronize them with a research database.