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IT Consumerization: A Case Study of BYOD in a Healthcare Setting
This article focuses on the implementation of BYOD in a healthcare setting. First, the challenges of implementing BYOD in the healthcare industry are examined. Next, a case study of The Ottawa Hospital is developed to illustrate the practical benefits and hurdles that must be overcome when hospital staff begin using consumer IT devices in the workplace. Finally, recommendations are offered to help healthcare organizations develop and implement a successful BYOD strategy. Read More »
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IT Firms Vie for Federal Awards Worth $20 Billion
A total of 54 companies are eligible to compete for up to $20 billion in information technology and health IT products and services, primarily for the National Institutes of Health and its parent agency, the Health and Human Services Department. NIH is the executive agent. Read More »
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IT Iconoclasts: Experts Offer Dissent On Policy Issues, Technology Implementation
Each month, more hospitals and office-based physicians buy and use electronic medical records and other health information technologies as the U.S. presses on toward achieving the goal first articulated by President George W. Bush in 2004: providing most Americans with access to an electronic medical record within a decade... Read More »
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IT Officials Spending Less On One-Time Capital Investments
Federal technology officials are aiming more budget money at operational expenditures and less at capital expenditures, according to a new study. That shift is in line with a plan that federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel has long been pushing to shift government information technology spending to a more predictable capital expenditure model, which would reduce the time and effort necessary to lobby agency heads and Congress for one-time spending. Read More »
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IT Part Of Big Change Coming To Nursing
The nursing profession is facing multiple challenges in the years ahead. From the Affordable Care Act and its focus on the introduction of electronic medical records, to the aging U.S. population, nurses are in for major change.
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IT Projects May Not Be Getting Enough Oversight
The White House should do a better job of tracking whether agencies’ major technology projects are at risk of going off the rails and agencies should perform more oversight on their operations and maintenance spending, according to two recent watchdog reports. Read More »
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IT Pros Call Out Healthcare.gov For Lack Of Cloud Computing Prowess
IT industry experts said the launch of Healthcare.gov this month was hobbled by a byzantine, "old-school" infrastructure. Could cloud computing have solved the site's performance problems? Read More »
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IT Reform Act Could Hitch A Ride On Major Defense Bill
The bipartisan team sponsoring a complete reboot of how the government buys information technology introduced a version of its bill as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday. Read More »
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IT Spending Up 2.1 Percent In President's Budget
The Obama administration budget for fiscal year 2014 includes a modest increase in overall IT spending. Total outlays are just under $82 billion, with $42.3 billion in civilian-agency IT spending, and $39.5 going to defense IT. Read More »
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IT Workarounds Complicate DOD and VA Health Center Effort
The Veterans Affairs and Defense department's efforts to integrate healthcare facilities has hit a snag. The two medical centers involved in the first full-scale attempt, involving the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago has had a hard time blending its IT, according to a Government Accountability Office report. Read More »
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It's Not Me, California, It's You
It happened again. I was talking to a recruiter about a job I'm uniquely qualified for -- standing up documentation for the first time for a relatively new company, and she said,"Of course, you'll need to relocate to San Francisco." Even though I was excited about the job and the company, even though I love visiting San Francisco and taking pictures of their awesome parks (see header picture), even though I have tons of network and friends in San Francisco, I said no...
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It's Time: Cloudera Takes Aim At The Legacy Data Management Solutions Market
From The Economist Information Forum in San Francisco, Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop, declared today that an evolutionary shift is underway in the advancement of the enterprise data management market... Read More »
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Italian Court Rules MMR Vaccine Caused Autism: US Media Blacks Out Story
The debate over vaccines continues as an Italian court ruled in favor of the Bocca family whose nine-year-old son became autistic after receiving the MMR (Measles/Mumps & Rubella) vaccine. I came across this case and felt it was a good idea to report on this as the vaccine debate has been a hot topic here lately. Read More »
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Italian Genoa To Use Open Source 'Wherever Possible'
The Italian city of Genoa is increasing its use of free and open source software, aiming to reduce its dependency on IT vendors. "The Municipality will favour the use of free software or open source, wherever possible", Genoa announced last week Friday. Read More »
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Italian Man Makes Worldwide Plea For Best Brain Cancer Treatment
Salvatore Iaconesi is looking for a cure for his brain cancer and he’s asking the world to help. Read More »
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