Healthcare providers are considering a growing number of digitally enabled devices that have the potential to dramatically improve clinical care while driving down costs. These devices offer providers a major opportunity to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) in coming years. Although discussions about IoT typically focus on data analytics and clinical use cases, healthcare…

The rise of the internet with its open sharing of medical research and the explosion in health-related sites has created a much savvier healthcare consumer. High-quality healthcare costs a lot of money today, and patients are asking more questions about their care than ever before. In fact, CDW’s 2017 Patient Engagement Perspectives Study found that…

Here at CDW, we get the need to communicate and collaborate with others quickly and easily. It is the lifeblood of how we do business, as it is for many of our customers. Using the “Content Is King” approach, we leverage interactive workshops to gain insights into our customers’ unique business needs. Once we have a…

Digital healthcare is becoming increasingly important as healthcare providers strive to achieve the “Triple Aim” objectives of improved patient experience, improved population health and lower costs. Digital healthcare is an ecosystem, optimized to align with the needs of practitioners, staff and — most important — the patient population. It’s made up of interconnected, interoperable physical…

Collaboration offers tremendous benefits to healthcare. Healthcare is, after all, inherently collaborative. Doctors, nurses and other clinical staff all constantly collaborate to ensure that patients receive proper care. When this goes well, patients get quality care at a lower cost. When it doesn’t, care suffers and costs go up.

Quality medical care depends heavily on effective communication. As a result, hospitals are under increasing pressure to implement more intelligent clinical communication solutions. 

Hospitals are aggressively embracing mobile technology and with good reason: Mobile applications enable doctors, nurses and staff to spend more time at the patient’s bedside. According to studies conducted by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, increased bedside presence has a positive impact on patient outcomes. 

The Discovery Channel has been airing a show since 2003 titled, “MythBusters.” The show’s hosts use elements of science and the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths and news stories. There’s been a lot of chatter about healthcare and the cloud, so let’s run our own MythBusters-style experiment on cloud technology and…

From a clinical perspective, modern medicine often borders on the miraculous. From a business perspective, however, it’s another story. Hospitals, clinics and other medical practices are under tremendous pressure to be profitable despite escalating costs and downward pressure on pricing. Mandated by the Affordable Care Act, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program puts further financial pressure…

The HIMSS 2015 conference, noted as the largest health IT event in the industry, was held in Chicago on April 12-16. This year, I had the good fortune to both attend the conference and work in our healthcare booth. This was my fourth HIMSS, and, as usual, it was filled with good conversations, informative sessions…