healthcare
Dynamic Care: Managing the Patient’s Experience by the Minute
Wherever you go and whatever you do in the 21st century, you generate a data trail. Your credit and debit cards, mobile phone, laptop computer, tablet — not to mention retailers, banks, hospitals, hotel systems, and activity on social networks, blogs, and email — all generate data. Yet, we are curr…
Rewarding Innovation: VNI Service Awards Wants Your Story
Today, we are pleased to launch the VNI Service Awards. This rewards program runs from March 26 to May 10, 2013. The five top finalists will share USD $10,000 in cash prizes. The VNI Service Awards is complementary to our VNI Service Adoption research. This work forecasts global trends in how users…
The Unhealthy State of Children’s Healthcare
It is well known fact that pediatric specialists are in high demand but short supply in the United States and around the world. Sixteen U.S. states have fewer than one pediatric subspecialist under age 65 per 100,000 residents, according to the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and…
Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE
The future intrigues us all, especially when every now and then we’re able to catch a glimpse of what’s to come. At Cisco, one of the ways we build our business and serve our customers is to think about the future and how technology innovation stands to transform the world in which we live. This app…
Technology Improves Access to Specialty Healthcare in Jordan
The journey to the capital city of Amman can be daunting for rural Jordanians who require specialty medical care—people like Haifa Abd-El Karim Omoush. The 34-year-old married mother of five suffers from a treatable cardiac condition. Her local doctor at Al-Mafraq Governmental Hospital in rural nort…
Ushering in the New Era of Healthcare
I’m not a doctor…but I am a patient. I’m also a keen observer of the world around me—especially when it involves my health. For many healthcare professionals, I believe the recent challenges surrounding the industry have taken some of the enjoyment out of their work. Issues such as new and changing…
Here now, preparing you for the future
You may have heard of the Cisco® Global Cloud Index. From our predictions, the cloud’s future is both promising and daunting. With the forecast calculating cloud traffic to increase sixfold by 2016, you have to wonder if the Cloud is ready to take on the load. Cisco thinks so. We are pleased to intr…
The Internet of Everything Has Begun
When most people think of their early experiences with the internet, the memory comes with a sound: the scratchy noise of a dial-up modem. What a long way we’ve come. We have gone from clumsy desktop computing to a world of mobile computing with smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Businesses can inte…
Cisco Connected Health – technologies that are maturing the healthcare industry
Yesterday, via Cisco TelePresence and WebEx, Cisco hosted an international roundtable examining the current demands placed on the healthcare industry and how technology is addressing many of these issues. A panel comprised of Cisco executives and customers discussed how connected technologies and se…