| | October 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewOCTOBER 20 - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.420.1463, F:510-894-8405 October 20 - 2014, volume SE 19 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesAlex D'souzaSarah FernandesJoe Philip Laura PintoMatthew JacobMerlin ThomasAmbili SasidharanSonia SacharT:510.565.7627VisualizersStephen ThomasMaitreyeeHealthcare Technology SpecialCIOReviewLouis Fernandeslouis@cioreview.com Steve Millersteve@cioreview.comDennis Peterdennis@cioreview.com Melissa Brownmelissa@cioreview.com Healthcare delivery and how we monitor our wellness is about to change. Today, the healthcare industry must respond to both government and consumer forces. And technology helps healthcare organizations do that faster and at lower costs. While regulatory mandates are usually seen as unnecessary and obstructionist, they are pushing technology where it needs to be in healthcare. As a result we find wide adoption of Electronic health records (EHRs), Patient portals, Remote patient monitoring systems across the industry. In addition to government's role in healthcare delivery, another force is quickly accelerating the adoption of healthcare information technology: consumer demand. Mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, and the growing array of wearables extend consumers' ability, need, and desire to access data about their own health. Faced with fundamental changes to the ecosystem, most successful CIOs of hospitals and senior IT leaders are rethinking on what IT means and how it can be applied to the needs and goals of the hospitals. Healthcare CIOs have begun to leverage new technologies and embrace the future by turning their attention to growth, cost reduction and competitive differentiation. Now, healthcare recognizes it needs analytics, metrics, tech tools, and quality data. Hospitals now have immediate access to years of up-to-date patient records that can additionally be used by data-driven methods, such as analytics, to help dramatically improve and apply our understanding of disease progression, hospital practices, quality and financial implications, and more. And most experts acknowledge the industry is only at the very beginning of adoption. The potential of technology is expanding. CIOs in healthcare organizations are working with greater agility to discover new ways to advance the business. We spoke to some of the successful CIOs from healthcare sector and other decision makers to share what they see as a big challenge in technology to meet healthcare needs and how they leverage technology within the environment they operate in. In this special edition on technology for healthcare industry, CIOs share their true insights. The roast of insights in this issue will help CIOs and IT leaders across the board to learn from their peers in the industry. On that note, we present to you this special edition on Healthcare Technology. Pradeep ShankarEditor-in-Chiefeditor@cioreview.comHealthcare: At the Cusp of Technology Adoption Editorial
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