At least 70% of data in the EMR originates in the lab. Several sources can be sited with this interesting statistic. We see articles, blog posts, and tweets daily about how EHR adoption is increasing and going to continue to build steam. I don’t believe you can overstate the importance of the lab in this tidal…
The article Good News for Anatomic Pathology Laboratories: Tissue-Based Diagnostics Market Predicted to Double by 2016 published this morning by Dark Daily, is another indicator that the Anatomic Pathology market is going to see increased volumes. Couple this with health care reform that may have an adverse affect on lab reimbursements, EFFICIENCY will be key in surviving and thriving during this…
We discussed “partnering with your competition” in a post a few months ago and thought it made sense to follow up on the topic after moving further down this path ourselves. We (Pathagility) serve pathology laboratories and their healthcare partners (referring physicians, hospitals, etc.) with our Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. A lot is going on in this market. As our…
Came across this post and video about how HL7 works on Twitter by @HL7 and really enjoyed the simplicity of it. What’s interesting though is that HL7 doesn’t seem to be simple at all. Please know I’m not saying HL7 isn’t a good thing, because standardization can add to progression. Also, I’m a business guy and need to leave the details to…
There is an abundance of focus and energy around the shift to digitizing healthcare. The government may be the biggest cheerleader and/or bank roller. Last week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT posted on its Health IT Buzz Blog a new theme of unity in healthcare emphasizing the fact that it is going to be a huge…
Software pricing – what an interesting science! So much goes into strategically positioning your software product, platform and/or service in the particular market you are in from a value perspective. You start by positioning your software business model against competitors – traditional software model vs. SaaS for instance. In our experience, there is still an educational process when many potential clients…
We’ve already discussed the benefits of SaaS in healthcare especially those applications that provide opportunity for customization. But are all SaaS platforms equal? No…you guessed it… they certainly are not. In choosing a SaaS platform in healthcare, there are several criteria that need to be examined. The check list should including the following at a minimum: Redundancy –…
The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model has been in existence for many years and continues to successfully prove out its value proposition compared to traditional legacy software system models. We published a post a few months ago on the total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits of SaaS. The healthcare industry was slower initially in its adoption of…
Just about every information source these days points to increased demands on the healthcare IT industry. Many are hoping process efficiencies can be realized by further automating healthcare. Others are focused on the government’s influence related to the adoption of EMR systems. Still others are just doing some math… Cited from U.S. Census data: 303 million total Americans 17% are over…
While it seems that most healthcare providers are hoping to get to the stage where health information systems (EMR/EHR, LIS, RIS, etc.) provide more workflow efficiency, extreme data security and flexible partner collaboration, the path to Utopia seems to be different in almost every case. This is due to the fact that each provider is…