| Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | | MUST READ  Healthcare Organizations Go Big For Analytics By Ken Terry Half of providers and payers see advanced analytics as their top investment priority, says IDC survey. Speech Recognition Stumbles At Leeds Hospitals Dictation system intended to cut administration costs has some patients waiting up to 60 days for important letters. Docs Who E-Prescribe Order More Generics, Study Says Putting formularies in front of doctors, combined with incentive programs for generics, has steered prescriptions toward low-cost medicine. New Healthcare Data Warehousing Model Gains Favor "Late binding," a just-in-time method, gives healthcare organizations more flexibility, say proponents. Pathology Network Offers Global Remote Diagnostic Services New PathCentral Pathology Network enables remote consultation and image sharing via cloud, with hopes to address specialist shortages in developing regions. First Speech-Enabled Mobile CPOE Lacks Decision Support Mobile computerized physician order entry (CPOE) app turns dictation into system entries. Some Physicians See Revenue Loss After EHR, Study Says Survey of 50 physician practices shows average loss of $44K over five years, but researchers attribute losses to poor utilization and other factors, not EHRs. | | | |  | | INSIDE THIS WEEK'S ISSUE OF INFORMATIONWEEK GOVERNMENT A well-defended perimeter is only half the battle in securing the government's IT environments. Agencies must also protect their most valuable data.
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Data Center Debate: Standardization vs. Specialization
Most IT pros like uniformity: 60% have explicit policies to ensure consistency, and 57% of these respondents have enforcement mechanisms. But there's something to be said for systems purpose-built for a specific task, given that 45% err on the side of looser standardization. There's also the hard fact that in the age of BYOD and cloud, we're often fighting a losing battle.
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Can you run that old ERP system on AWS or CloudStack? Yes, and it just may save you money. However, CIOs need to ensure that teams set expectations, use the right tools for the right use case and test before leaping. Oh, and don't get stopped by the application life cycle police.
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