May 2011

Denver Health IT Summit – July 26 & 27, 2011

by Trevor Strome May 30, 2011

On July 26 and 27, 2011, the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) will be hosting its Health IT Summit in Denver, Co. I am fortunate enough to be presenting at the Denver Health IT Summit. Specifically, I`ll be moderating two sessions – one entitled Analytics in Health Care: Business Intelligence & Decision Support and the other [...]

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Healthcare Cyber Security – Too Important to Ignore

by Trevor Strome May 30, 2011

Cyber Security and the need to protect of vital information has recently been in the forefront of the news. Recent examples, including the hacking of Sony’s PlayStation Network and the  RSA security breach demonstrate that even well-protected networks are vulnerable to attacks of ever-increasing sophistication.  I am sure that most people consider their personal health information to [...]

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Analytics On The Front Line – Improving Healthcare Quality Through Teamwork

by Trevor Strome May 10, 2011

Analytics professionals on the front-lines of healthcare I firmly believe that  analytics professional working in a healthcare environment should spend as much time working with and learning from front-line healthcare professionals as they spend in front of a computer developing analytical tools and studying data. The reasoning behind this is two-fold. First, time spent working [...]

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The Analytics Gap in Healthcare

by Trevor Strome May 2, 2011

Recent advances in healthcare information technology (HIT) have resulted in a massive increase in the volume and complexity of healthcare data. As HIT continues to mature and the end-users (and end-uses) become more numerous and sophisticated, the number of computerized systems deployed throughout healthcare organizations (HCOs) is increasing. And, as the number of HIT applications [...]

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