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IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems
In this interview, Art Landro offers expert advice for effectively growing with Cloud Computing, and emphasizes the importance of having a wide range of capabilities when helping organizations move into the Cloud. Read More...

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

Big data is altering how providers manage information, according to the chief executive of a major West Coast academic healthcare organization.

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

Today's top priorities for hospitals and health systems include cost reduction, demonstrating meaningful use of technology and increased regulatory complexity.

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

Why does SaaS CRM technology offers a better alternative for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies than traditional client/server systems.

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

Health-system CEOs, CMOs, CIOs and CMIOs face a connectivity conundrum





Briefcase Highlights


DIGITAL HEALTH

Made in IBM Labs: New IBM Analytics Software Helps Doctors Transition to Predictive Healthcare

October 25, 2012 No Comments

Tweet SOURCE:  IBM LAS VEGAS – 23 Oct 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled Patient Care and Insights, new analytics software based on innovations from IBM Labs that helps healthcare organizations improve patient care and lower operational costs by considering the specific health history of each individual patient. The IBM solution provides the core capabilities for devising […]

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

October 23, 2012 2 Comments

Matt Wallach, Veeva SystemsIn this interview, Art Landro offers expert advice for effectively growing with Cloud Computing, and emphasizes the importance of having a wide range of capabilities when helping organizations move into the Cloud. Read More >>>

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

October 8, 2012 No Comments

Big data is altering how providers manage information, according to the chief executive of a major West Coast academic healthcare organization.

New Integrated EMC Software Solutions Advance Patient Care, Reduce Healthcare Costs

October 4, 2012 No Comments

EMCtoday announced the availability of its EMC Documentum Integrated Patient Record solutions , specifically designed to transform how healthcare organizations worldwide can access and manage patient information.

IBM Smarter Cities Solution Enables Maryland to Expand Health Insurance Options for Citizens

October 3, 2012 No Comments

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced that its Smarter Cities software will be used by Maryland for its state-based health insurance exchange solution, currently under development. The company will deliver the eligibility and enrollment capabilities the State needs to enable its citizens to find high quality, affordable health insurance.

Ten Questions You Should Ask Before Implementing An mHealth Solution

September 14, 2012 No Comments

This Mobile Health and Security white paper analyzes HIPAA security requirements and mobile health security best practices to assist healthcare organizations in evaluating and implementing secure and fully compliant mobile health solutions.

Veeva Systems Announces Vault Enterprise

September 14, 2012 No Comments

Veeva Systems announces Vault Enterprise – the first cloud-based suite of content management applications ever developed specifically for the global life sciences industry. Now, life sciences companies can replace complex jungles of disparate content management repositories and systems with one integrated application suite from a single provider, on a single technology platform. The modern, cloud-based solution will speed time to market, save money and reduce overall regulatory risk.

VPI Selects Autonomy, an HP Company, to Deliver Advanced Speech and Multichannel Analytics

September 13, 2012 No Comments

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced that VPI, a global provider of workforce optimization solutions, will embed Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) in its speech and multichannel analytics solutions.

iTriage Launches a New Website to Better Serve the 80% of Online Consumers Searching for Health Information

September 12, 2012 No Comments

iTriage®, one of the market leaders in consumer health care technology with nearly 7 million app downloads on iPhone®, iPad®, and Android™ phones and tablets, today announced the launch of its new and improved website at http://www.iTriageHealth.com

NEXTGEN HEALTHCARE AND NIPRO DIAGNOSTICS FORGE PARTNERSHIP TO HELP DIABETES CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS ENHANCE CARE

September 12, 2012 No Comments

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. to integrate its TRUEresult blood glucose monitoring system into the NextGen® Ambulatory EHR.

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Today’s top priorities for hospitals and health systems include cost reduction, demonstrating meaningful use of technology and increased regulatory complexity.

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Why does SaaS CRM technology offers a better alternative for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies than traditional client/server systems.

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Health-system CEOs, CMOs, CIOs and CMIOs face a connectivity conundrum

Advocate Healthcare Joins the Low Dose Committment with GE Blueprint

September 11, 2012 No Comments

The GE Blueprint for low dose program today added another top health system to its list of commitments with the addition of Advocate Health Care, the largest integrated healthcare system in Illinois. Announced in early September at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Oak Brook, Ill., the GE Blueprint is a joint effort to further reduce patients’ radiation dose in Computed Tomography (CT) imaging by up to 50 percent*.

MarketsandMarkets: Global Healthcare Cloud Computing Market worth $5.4 Billion by 2017

August 7, 2012 No Comments

The “Healthcare Cloud Computing (Clinical, EMR, SaaS, Private, Public, Hybrid) Market – Global Trends, Challenges, Opportunities & Forecasts (2012 – 2017)”, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World.

MedAssets Selects WhereScape’s Agile Data Warehouse Development Environment

July 27, 2012 No Comments

WhereScape, a provider of agile development solutions for building and extending data warehouses, announced today that MedAssets, a financial improvement partner for healthcare providers, has purchased WhereScape RED.

Doctors Still Don’t Love Smartphone Dictation

July 16, 2012 No Comments

Digital dictation on smartphones is starting to pick up, but nowhere near as much as a recent mHIMSS blog posting suggests.

Arcadia Solutions Announces Partnership to Accelerate PCMH Transformation Nationally with the California Primary Care Association

July 9, 2012 No Comments

Arcadia and CPCA enroll first 150 providers into Patient-Centered Medical Home Accelerator Program to drive quality while reducing the overall cost of care

Forget Email: The Case for Private Social Media in Healthcare

July 8, 2012 No Comments

Enterprise social networks that provide privacy, security and collaboration in a private health community built around both people and subject matters will be the thing that accelerates social media adoption faster than any technology trend that has ever touched healthcare.

VA awards $4.9M contract to support open source tech

June 25, 2012 No Comments

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Ray Group International, a $4.9 million contract to support the open source community that is contributing software code to the VA and Defense Department integrated electronic health record system.

FDA regulators face daunting task as health apps multiply

June 25, 2012 No Comments

Want to monitor your blood pressure and sugar level? Eat healthier meals? Now you can do it all with apps on your smartphone.

Are social media policies crossing NLRB lines?

June 15, 2012 No Comments

Hospitals are notoriously known for having a multitude of policies, so we take it in stride when we know we need to create another one for social media.

EHRs widely used but fall short of Federal standards

June 15, 2012 No Comments

Data shows that although a majority of California’s physicians now use EHRs, most of the implemented systems fail to meet new federal meaningful use requirements.

AHRQ toolsets aim to help docs and pharmacists with eRx

June 12, 2012 No Comments

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two toolsets, one for small physician practices and one for independent pharmacies, meant to help support e-prescribing implementation.

Pegasystems Drives New Efficiencies in Health Care Coordination

May 24, 2012 No Comments

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) and software for customer centricity, today announced that Amerigroup Corporation has significantly increased its claims first-pass rate within just three months of deploying Pega Claims Repair, and is on track for even higher efficiencies in the near future. This success follows several other operational and service enhancements achieved by Amerigroup through deployment of Pega’s healthcare solutions.

Oracle Announces Latest Version of Oracle Health Sciences ClearTrial Software

May 21, 2012 No Comments

Tweet SOURCE: Oracle Oracle Announces Latest Version of Oracle Health Sciences ClearTrial Software Award-Winning Clinical Trial Operations Software Now Features Enhanced Integration into Business Processes Across the Plan-to-Payment Lifecycle Redwood Shores, Calif. – May 15, 2011 News Facts * Oracle today announced availability of Oracle Health Sciences ClearTrial 4.6, the latest version of the cloud-based […]

The Health-Care Industry Turns to Big Data

May 21, 2012 No Comments

When patients show up at a hospital, something dangerous happens: They’re looked at by humans. Because of the hustle in busy emergency rooms and admission wards, many patients get only a cursory review of their health, according to Nicholas Morrissey, a surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

IBM Collaborates with Colleagues In Care to Empower Medical Workers in Haiti

May 21, 2012 No Comments

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is helping improve healthcare delivery in Haiti through its collaboration with ‘Colleagues In Care’ Global Health Network.

Hospitals in Russia’s Regions Turn to IBM to Transform Healthcare

May 11, 2012 No Comments

: IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced that several hospitals and clinics from Russia’s rapidly evolving regions outside of Moscow and St Petersburg are partnering with IBM to modernize infrastructure and improve patient care.

HIPAA Compliant Email is Available by HealthCollaborate™ for Health Care HIPAA Email Compliance Needs

April 9, 2012 No Comments

Health Business Intelligence Corp, Health BI, announces the availability of the most comprehensive secure messaging platform for health care.

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