Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2018 & Beyond
Gartner has released an interesting research report, “Top Strategic Predictions for 2018 and Beyond: Pace Yourself, for Sanity’s Sake.” It focuses on new technologies – from artificial intelligence to chat bots, Internet of Things, and blockchain – in addition to ways of engaging employees and customers.
read moreBlockchain Technology Explained – An Executive Summary
Blockchain technology changes how parties exchange value, and it has practical, efficient, secure benefits for practically every type of industry. This short blog describes its basic benefits in easy-to-understand language.
read moreEpic Systems Expands CVS Health Partnership to Lower Drug Costs
Epic Systems and CVS Health have announced a plan to reduce drug costs for patients and improve health outcomes by offering prescribers lower-cost alternatives to expensive medications.
The article at EHR Intelligence also includes two additional updates:
* Allscripts integrates new API-enabled patient scheduling solution
* Clinerion adds FHIR data model to its set of EHR format standards
AccentureConsulting Latest Thinking: Blockchain in Aerospace and Defense
Accenture recently surveyed aerospace and defense executives on emerging technologies they are considering or adopting. They tended to regard blockchain as one of the top emerging technologies that can support greater industry growth and efficiency on many levels. This series of info pieces from Accenture includes a cool interactive blockchain game to demonstrate its potential in commercial aviation.
read moreMandatory Windows 10 update causing blue screen errors
On Tuesday, Microsoft rolled out a Cumulative Update for Windows 10, preparing customers for the incoming Creators Update. It is reported to be causing blue screen errors for many users.
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MGMA: Predictive Analytics Is Now a Business Necessity for Healthcare
Big data analytics is becoming a powerful platform for predictive modeling, using huge data sets that can show patterns and trends, even predicting future behavior that can help reduce waste and improve provider profitability.
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Epic CEO Judy Faulkner Is Standing Behind Switch from EHRs to ‘CHRs’
Epic plans to move beyond Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to Comprehensive Health Records (CHRs), which will offer doctors an extended range of patient data, including what people eat, how long they sleep, if they are obese or thin, and whether they are lonely — all having a potentially large impact on health.
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Chamber of Digital Commerce and U.S. Department of Commerce Lead the First Blockchain Certified Trade Mission to the United Arab Emirates
The U.S. Government blockchain trade mission was a week-long event in the United Arab Emirates, custom curated by the Chamber of Digital Commerce with support from the Department of Commerce and the Embassy of the UAE. The trade mission included a series of private meetings, briefings and engagements with government officials and UAE-based businesses to promote the growth of U.S. business and blockchain in the UAE.
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AI set to revolutionize retail banking, says GlobalData
An upcoming Money20/20 event (October 22-25, 2017) is focused on the broad-reaching impacts of artificial intelligence and its application to financial services.
read moreWhat’s Your Baby Going to Look Like? Just Ask BABYGlimpse.
BABYGlimpse, a new app available on the Helix marketplace, explores over 20 different traits of a couple’s unborn child, including ancestry, physical appearance and wellness-related traits.
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How the Internet of Things (IoT) Is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape
The Open Web Application Security Project’s (OWASP) Internet of Things Top 10 Project is designed to inform users and security professionals about vulnerabilities in IoT architectures. Here are the top 10 security problems they see and how to prevent them.
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Quietly but Steadily, Healthcare Innovation Isn’t Waiting for Congress to Act
Tom Still, writing for Inside Wisconsin, gives us a glimpse at how hospitals, medical professionals, insurers, entrepreneurs and others are actively developing better, more efficient ways to care for patients, in spite of Congress.
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Trump White House Doubles Down on U.S. Commitment to Blockchain
The Trump administration is showing a keen interest in blockchain as a technology with the potential to streamline U.S. government operations.
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins
Governor Scott Walker has designated October as Wisconsin’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Each week this October, ReadyWisconsin will provide information to help keep everyone in Wisconsin safe from cybercrime.
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Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s New Nervous System
This new series of Accenture Consulting articles describe how Artificial Intelligence is positioned to become the greatest cost, time and labor-saving technology to hit healthcare.
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