Industry Insider

  • How to Ensure Your Digital Transformation Initiatives Thrive

    We’ve seen what digital transformation can do through the disruption of many consumer and B2B services. Recall the demise of Blockbuster Entertainment’s physical stores when Netflix first delivered movies to mailboxes, then digital streaming directly from TVs and mobile devices. Or the battle taxi services endured when Uber’s ridesharing app reaped market share.

  • Corrs launches patented legal search technology

    Australian law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with low quality searchable text and will be used as part of a new service being launched by Corrs called JustOCR.

  • Digital Gov delays blamed on dollars and legacy apps

    Funding constraints and legacy infrastructure have been cited as the main barrier to Australian government agencies transitioning to digital information management, according to a report by the National Archives of Australia (NAA).

  • US hospitals struggle with EHR interoperability

    As nearly every US hospital has an electronic health record system, 41% of surveyed medical record administrators still report struggling with exchanging patient health records with other healthcare providers, particularly physicians not on the same EHR platform.  25% say they are still unable to use any patient information received electronically from external sources.

  • What exactly the heck are Prescriptive Analytics?

    Prescriptive analytics is about using data and analytics to improve decisions and therefore the effectiveness of actions. Isn’t that what all analytics should be about? A hearty “yes” to that because, if analytics does not lead to more informed decisions and more effective actions, then why do it at all?

  • Singapore Airlines flies ahead with ViaSat DM

    Singapore Airlines has selected ViaSat's AeroDocs document management system to distribute its digital documents in a secure, controlled manner, with advanced workflow tracking to help maintain aviation regulatory compliance.

  • $2.35m EPR rollout at Western Health

    Western Health will deploy an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution at its Footscray, Williamstown & Sunshine Hospitals over the next three years following a $2.35m contract with listed Australian company Alcidion Group Limited.

  • Dynamics 365 vs. SharePoint

    Many of you may wonder why I would title a post “Dynamics 365 vs. SharePoint”, as though it were an either/or decision. But many customers, particularly in the SMB space, seem to grapple with “deciding” between the two.