Healthcare IT Blog

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We keep up with the trends and innovations in Healthcare IT and regularly post fresh content on healthcare data analytics, information security, patient and hospital mobile app development and more. We help senior IT managers, PMs, healthcare providers, medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies explore how to make the symbiosis of IT and healthcare more productive for caregivers and patients. Don’t hesitate to bookmark our blog and join online discussions about Healthcare IT articles.

Gala Batsishcha, MD

Healthcare IT Consultant, ScienceSoft

Healthcare IT

The Future of Telemedicine: Regulatory Support and Technological Advances to Drive 25–30% of U.S. Medical Visits by 2026

ScienceSoft predicts growth of telemedicine adoption: by the end of 2026, 25-30% of all medical visits in the US will be conducted remotely.

Feb 6, 2025

Olga Vinichuk

Insurance IT Consultant and Lead Business Analyst, ScienceSoft

Software Can Cut Costs for Health Insurers — But Watch Out for TCO Overruns

Insurance IT

Finance IT

Healthcare IT

Software Can Cut Costs for Health Insurers — But Watch Out for TCO Overruns

Health insurance automation can help reduce operational costs without cutting staff, but software TCO may become a new budget drain if not managed well.

Dec 7, 2024

Olga Vinichuk

Insurance IT Consultant and Lead Business Analyst, ScienceSoft

A Journey to Smart Underwriting in Health Insurance: How to Start with Confidence

Insurance IT

Finance IT

Healthcare IT

A Journey to Smart Underwriting in Health Insurance: How to Start with Confidence

Health insurers chase intelligent underwriting, but it‘s a high-hanging fruit. Here are win-win strategies and tools to start an AI journey with confidence.

Oct 18, 2024

Olga Vinichuk

Insurance IT Consultant and Lead Business Analyst, ScienceSoft

Boosting Customer Experience in Health Insurance: Can You Escape AI?

Insurance IT

Finance IT

Healthcare IT

Boosting Customer Experience in Health Insurance: Can You Escape AI?

For health insurance customer experience, AI is gradually turning from a luxury into a necessity, ScienceSoft’s lead insurance IT consultant says.

Sep 21, 2024

Lola Koktysh

Tech-run chronic disease management model: when care providers do care

Healthcare IT

Mobile Apps

Tech-run chronic disease management model: when care providers do care

Current chronic disease management can’t fill the void between patient-physician appointments. Time to revolve chronic care with the help of technology.

Aug 31, 2023

Lola Koktysh

Healthcare IT

Blockchain

Here’s how blockchain enables pain-free health information exchange

An example of blockchain-driven health information exchange as illustrated by ScienceSoft’s healthcare IT analyst.

Aug 31, 2023

Lola Koktysh

Top 4 heart failure apps to reduce readmissions and power self-management

Healthcare IT

Mobile Apps

Top 4 heart failure apps to reduce readmissions and power self-management

We review 4 heart disease apps capable to support patients with heart failure during post-discharge recovery and help them avoid readmissions.

Aug 31, 2023

Ulad Sinkevich

Principal Architect and Enterprise Solutions Expert, ScienceSoft

Revolving diabetes management: provider-connected mHealth app

Healthcare IT

Mobile Apps

Revolving diabetes management: provider-connected mHealth app

The article outlines a concept of a provider-connected mobile app for managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Aug 30, 2023

Alena Madden (Nikuliak)

Senior Business Analyst and Healthcare IT Consultant, ScienceSoft

Healthcare IT

How health monitoring in assisted livings can approach ambulatory chronic patients

ScienceSoft shares its experience on health monitoring in assisted livings and gives a few tips on how to move towards ambulatory patients’ monitoring.

Aug 30, 2023

Lola Koktysh

Salesforce Health Cloud and its approach to patient acquisition

Healthcare IT

CRM

Salesforce Health Cloud and its approach to patient acquisition

We review Salesforce Health Cloud’s functionality that targets patient acquisition.

Jul 24, 2023

Alena Madden (Nikuliak)

Senior Business Analyst and Healthcare IT Consultant, ScienceSoft

Healthcare IT

Benefits of Telemedicine in Nursing Homes

Find out how telemedicine in nursing homes can enable provision of high-quality remote patient care.

Jun 3, 2021

Ann Krutsko

Healthcare IT Researcher, ScienceSoft

Healthcare IT

Veterinary + Telemedicine = Safe and Cost-Effective Animal Healthcare

Find out how telehealth improves veterinary care services and what benefits telemedicine brings to pets, their owners, and veterinary clinics.

May 26, 2021