HIT legacy systems: Outrunning the Zombie Apocalypse

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	Marian Cook: HIT legacy systems: Outrunning the Zombie Apocalypse A staggering, decaying hulk blocks your path. Hungrily, it roars, "Braaaiiins! Must have braaaaiins!" This isn't "The Walking Dead," the popular zombie TV show. This is about something much scarier: the walking dead legacy health information technology (HIT) systems lurching about and sucking life out of our enterprises. C'mon. Admit it. You have systems costing more than they are worth, and would look good in a chalk outline. Secretly, you would love to axe them in the head. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Corporation Enabling the New Era of Collaboration Globalization and the rise in mobile technology have forever changed the way we work. A UC platform can help navigate many types of communication with colleagues, partners and customers to get work done faster. Read Now! In this Issue INSIDER Xerox CEO to CIOs: We'll take your mess and make it beautiful House to meet on regulating mobile health apps Madhu Nutakki: Measuring health care on the mobile curve WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Mobilize: A unified IT approach to the mobile workspace Why does unification matter for today's enterprise? The answer can be found by looking to today's defining trends. The consumerization of IT, BYOD, mobility-based business models--they're all transforming how employees work and customers engage. Read Now INSIDER Xerox CEO to CIOs: We'll take your mess and make it beautiful Top exec Ursula Burns outlines Xerox's widening portfolio of IT, business process and document outsourcing services. Insider (registration required) Read More House to meet on regulating mobile health apps A House committee this week is meeting to determine whether regulations, including a possible tax on mobile health apps may stifle innovation in healthcare. Read More Madhu Nutakki: Measuring health care on the mobile curve It's becoming clear that more consumers than ever before are accessing health care information online. A recent Pew study found that users under 50 are more than four times as likely to use their smartphone to look up medical information than those over 65. Another study found that 70 percent of Americans over 65 with Internet access have searched for health topics. Read More
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