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Top 5 Healthcare Trends that we can expect for the New Year: 1. Value-based Care With our population, care has always been looked as volume over value when it should be the other way around.  In 2019, we will be pushing for value over volume and for ways to lower costs and to also provideRead more

Happy New Year from Global Healthcare IT, Inc.! What are your New Year resolutions for 2019? Something we can keep in mind for 2019 is the job opportunities Epic will offer! Epic Systems software network has now be added: dentists and life insurers. The demand for Epic’s software will be even higher and that meansRead more

It is called cryptojacking and it’s the trend for the fall in the cyber world. Described as a form of cyber-attack aimed at mining cryptocurrency on behalf of the hacker, it is a growing concern for businesses that are considering a form of blockchain addition to their existing systems as a an added security measure.Read more

With New York University’s School of Medicine recent announcement that they have eliminated tuition for all current and future students in order to aid in the doctor shortage; many experts, philanthropists, and common populations remain slightly dumbfounded by this decision. Sally Pipes, President of the Pacific Research Institute contributed an article to Forbes that pointsRead more

What sets medical marijuana apart from the pharmaceutical industry?  For one, they are not regulated the same, they are not certified the same, and although both are used for medical purposes, they are worlds apart as far as everything else goes. This could soon change as a startup is set to create lab-grown compounds inRead more

It is not news that visits to the emergency room (ER) are notorious for slapping incredibly high bills on patients after their departure. According to the New York Times, knowing about options and the difference of these can make all the difference in cost. Nowadays, both demand and technological advancements have made healthcare accessible toRead more

When you hear of Blockchain, some keywords that can help that conversation going are Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and Ethereum. In reality, the main concept of blockchain is not limited to currency. Imagine a never-ending storage space with plastic containers that you can store data in and organize related container data next to each other. The originalRead more

Put simply, yes. Poverty and health have been linked and in many cases create a chain reaction of very expensive health costs that could have been prevented upon an early visit to a medic at the first signs of illness. Recently, NPR sat down with Michael Doody, a 62-year-old fraud investigator who remembers the 90sRead more

Becker’s Hospital Review recently disclosed a list of over 50 CEO resignations that have occurred in 2018 alone. Global Healthcare IT investigated the cause of these resignations and the findings were astonishing. Of the listed resignations on Becker’s post, only 37% left their position to take on a similar role at a bigger hospital orRead more

A recent article by BBC Future shone a light on existing new technologies expected to become big players in the upcoming years. Some of these technologies are life changers, they will affect the labor force, the way things are done, and may have significant rewards, and/ or consequences. Robot Architects Recent studies have shown aRead more