COVER STORY
Watson, I presume?
A doctor it’s not, but artificial-intelligence technology similar to that used by IBM’s Watson to win “Jeopardy!” may make solving future healthcare data and diagnostic problems elementary.
By Joe Petro
DECISION SUPPORT
Solution helps shorten referral wait times
University Health System uses referral-automation and decision-support software to reduce wait times for specialty care.
By Gary McWilliams
DISASTER RECOVERY
Don’t roll the dice on data loss
Implement smart recovery to reduce disaster recovery costs in healthcare.
By Chris Poelker
DISASTER RECOVERY
Improving disaster recovery outcomes
Healthcare data must be protected to conform to HIPAA requirements, which active archive supports through the expanded role of tape.
By Molly Rector
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Navigating regulations
How Edward Hospital & Health Services is achieving secure document management.
By Mark Wesley
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Taking an enterprise view of content management
Why deploying an enterprise-wide content management strategy throughout the healthcare organization yields value greater than the sum of its parts.
By Susan deCathelineau
EDUCATION
Filling the skills gap
College of St. Scholastica expands healthcare IT education offerings.
By Kurt Linberg
WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
RTLS solves patient-tracking emergency
Real-time location system enables ED to boost quality and improve efficiency.
By Linda Laskowski-Jones
WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT
Focus less on technology, more on workflow and people
Intel-GE Care Innovations has developed a four-phase approach to help healthcare organizations prepare for and implement new technology.
By Julie Cheitlin Cherry
HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSYTEMS
Unifying anesthesia documentation
Central Washington Hospital implements solutions to automate all aspects of perioperative care.
By Dr. John Thomas
VIEWPOINT
U.S. a leader in adopting healthcare IT? Not when it comes to ICD-10
By Phil Colpas
THOUGHT LEADERS
Developing standards for unstructured documents
By Peter Bedell, Fujitsu Computer Products of America
