Healthcare is plagued by constant attacks from hackers trying to obtain valuable patient health information (PHI). Unfortunately, some succeed, keeping healthcare on edge, hoping that they won't be the next breach. As we talk about building better healthcare software, security is an important part of the conversation. It is imperative to keep PHI secure, but as healthcare moves toward a ...

We have been writing a series with our thoughts on creating better healthcare software. In this post, we are looking at understanding software's function in the context of clinical use. We have seen software automation bring efficiency and financial gains. While these benefits may be attractive to administration and leadership, software needs to take into account the true purpose of ...

We are writing a series on the challenges of building healthcare software. We feel that there is a need to reconnect to the principles of making good software while keeping in mind the unique needs of healthcare. The first principle is to take all stakeholders into account. The best software is developed with all stakeholders in mind. We can see where this is missing in the current EHR ...

Last week we wrote about our intention to create a wellness resource for the medical community. Our goal is to make a useful contribution to the effort to combat physician burnout. In the past week, we have been exploring the growing wellness community.

So far, two efforts have caught our attention:

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Healthcare software comes in a large spectrum of pricing, from open source to high dollar enterprise, each offers different features, benefits, and solutions. How does a hospital justify buying a particular piece of software? Is it better patient outcomes? Increased efficiency of physicians? Impact to the bottom line? Or just keeping up with the status quo? Selecting software and ...