Innovation Pulse

Innovation Pulse: Portals are key to population health success
By Tom Sullivan | 10:04 am | April 28, 2015
When Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy, MD, challenged his staff to broaden its patient access reach, he went big. Really big. His goal? Connect with 200 million patients by 2020. Other providers are getting just as ambitious.
Innovation Pulse: Hospitals opt to build, rather than buy
By Tom Sullivan | 10:55 am | March 30, 2015
Boston Children's and Penn Medicine faced similar choices: They could purchase existing apps on the open market, with no guarantee they would fit smoothly into their existing infrastructure and workflows; or they could write the apps internally.
Innovation Pulse: The bold art of build-your-own IT
By Tom Sullivan | 12:14 pm | February 20, 2015
Healthcare organizations willing to break the tried-and-true approach to acquiring IT products are creating applications that are more closely aligned with their needs. And potentially getting equity in a successful startup.