Developing Healthcare

With the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Office of the National Coordinator recently releasing the proposed requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful Use and 2014 certification of electronic health records, hospital executives are looking for viable data storage options to meet their needs. As Stage 2 requirements give way for more sources of data, data [...]

The amount of office based physicians using electronic health records (EHRs) is up 12% from 2010 according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. With electronic usage demonstrating positive health outcomes according to some case studies, and matched with a government incentive, adoption is likely to grow. Health Benefits: The prime [...]

Datacenters are booming. Demand grew 13% in 2010 and is expected to continue to accelerate according to New York research firm Tier 1. However, demand has outpaced the rate of construction for physical space, thus alternative strategies of data management are being considered.  Hospitals and health systems are evaluating substitute economic efficiencies for storing electronic [...]

Hospitals and physician clinics continue to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) at a growing rate. An American Hospital Association (AHA) study found that 81% of hospitals plan to implement EHRs to achieve meaningful use so that they may become eligible for incentive payments. Those healthcare professionals who do decide to implement a certified EHR system [...]