Category Archive : The Alegory

A new bill, the Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers’ Health (MEDTECH) Act, has been introduced by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), with the aim to exempt low-risk medical software and mobile medical apps from regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It was officially was introduced to Congress Dec. […]

Patients are becoming more familiar with and are now accessing information in their electronic health records now more than at any other time. In fact, access to this point has nearly doubled, surging from 26 percent in 2011 to 50 percent in 2014, according to results of a study released recently by the National Partnership […]

Hospital CFOs are again reporting that their budgets are thin and that they are facing such a financial drain that they are unable to afford much needed new IT solutions like revenue cycle management software, and that their organization’s financial problems likely will last until at least 2016.   According to a new study published by Black […]

Health system leaders continue to face many difficult and ongoing challenges, including managing financials, technology and systems across their networks. According to the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), healthcare reform is near the top list of challenges, as are government mandates and patient safety and quality. However, these are not their only concerns.   […]

Cleveland, OH-based ALEGO HEALTH named top company in 2014 Inaugural Crain’s Cleveland Business FAST 50 Award list of fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio Healthcare IT services company ALEGO HEALTH selected as the number one company for the 2014 award to identify the fastest 50 revenue growth companies in Northeast Ohio. WESTLAKE, OH, November 10th […]

Given the ever-present evolution of the use of mobile devices to connect patients and providers to their care, or the practice of care, it’s no wonder that the concept of mHealth is, and will be, a major driver in healthcare. Patients – the consumers of healthcare, are the driver behind the movement, which is leading […]