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It’s All About the Customer – What Sets BridgeHead Apart?
By Tony Tomkys, Vice President of UK and Ireland at BridgeHead Software BridgeHead Software was recently recognised by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan with its 2016 European Customer Value Leadership Award for Healthcare Content Management for demonstrating high...
Are Legacy Applications Hijacking Your IT Budget?
By Jamie Clifton – Vice President Product & Technical Solutions, BridgeHead Software Legacy applications: if your healthcare organization is like most, you have a lot of them. You may not use them in production, or even access them much, but you probably still...
Training Matters: Are You ‘Too Busy Chopping Wood to Sharpen the Axe’
By Brendan O’Leary, Training Development Manager For any software vendor, it is vital that you talk to your customers to get as much feedback as possible to influence the product and services you offer. At BridgeHead, one thing we have invested heavily in is our...
BridgeHead’s VNA 3.0 customer success leads to Frost & Sullivan Award
By John McCann – Senior Director of Marketing - EMEA, BridgeHead Software Today is a great day for all of our customers and staff as the globally renowned industry analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan, has recognised BridgeHead Software with its 2016 European Customer...
Looking for an Innovative Way to Protect Healthcare Data? Go Old School.
By Steve Matheson – Vice President Product Management and NA Sales, BridgeHead Software Innovative way to protect healthcare data? Go old school Cyber threats to healthcare data are a growing concern, as evidenced by the number of leading hospital C-level executives I...
Spending Review: Is it now Tech’s Chance to Shine in Healthcare?
By John McCann – Senior Director of Marketing - EMEA, BridgeHead Software It could be claimed that The Autumn Statement (by the British government) signalled the moment in which ‘digital’ really came of age in the public sector as politicians recognised that the...
Trends in VNA adoption
By John McCann – Senior Director of Marketing - EMEA, BridgeHead Software Next generation Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA) are finding their natural home as a critical application in the technology stack as hospitals move towards the vision of a single patient record and...
BridgeHead signs TechUK Interoperability Charter
As of Friday, BridgeHead Software has officially signed up to TechUK’s Health and Social Care Interoperability Charter – an initiative designed to realise a vision for ‘Making Integrated Care Happen’ across the UK healthcare system. As one of the first wave of vendors...
Healthcare data standards – for the ‘common’ good
This story in Digital Health earlier this year got me thinking about the word ‘common’ in a bit more detail and its relevance and importance to the UK healthcare market, especially regarding the use and adoption of data standards to facilitate interoperability. The...
BridgeHead Invests in the Future Supporting Young Talent
I’ve been asked to write this blog and, as many people who know me at BridgeHead will testify, I can usually talk about something for hours before getting to the point – let’s see if I can steer this in a sensible direction! I have been with BridgeHead for 2 years...
Resolving medical imaging workflows within an enterprise imaging strategy
By Mark Blair - President and CEO of Laurel Bridge Software As I participate in discussions about enterprise imaging strategies, I consistently hear the following goals being targeted, in no particular order: Simplify management of clinical information and technology...
Why Data Interoperability Is Key to Meaningful Use
By Tim Kaschinske In late March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rule for Meaningful Use, Stage 3. The mantra for Meaningful Use Stage 3 is to “Simplify and Streamline” by building toward program milestones, reducing...
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