Integrated Healthcare Platform

Elder population is growing from 56 M in 2020 to estimated 98.2 M by 2060. On the same context, an average annual healthcare cost for an elder is 5 times as compared with the one ...

Care Resource Planning

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projects that the United States will face shortages of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033. The major factors contributing to the shortages are the increasing elders’ population ...

Electronic Medical Records – Past, Present and Future

By Dr. Donald Voltz, MD, Aultman Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Director of the Main Operating Room, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University and Northeast Ohio Medical University. A board-certified anesthesiologist, researcher, medical ...

Practical Steps Addressing Healthcare Interoperability

Dr. John Loonsk’s blog, “Where’s the plan for interoperability?” posted on Healthcare IT News September 22, 2014 outlines the challenges towards healthcare interoperability: Infinite extensible architecture Discipline towards execution – “Interoperability is not about bright ...

Commenting on IBM, Apple and Epic Alliance

In a recent article, IBM, Apple and Epic: Health IT’s Dream Team it was noted the alliance has some ‘particularly promising implications for healthcare’.  The goal of the alliance is to create a ‘true mobile ...

Will We Create Another Frankenstein EHR?

By Dr. Donald M . Voltz, MD, Autman Hospital,Ohio While many children will trick or treat, the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization closes its bidding process today to replace their current EHR for active-duty personal ...